Jaffna N Veeramani Iyer

arunk · Post by **arunk** » 11 Oct 2006, 06:52

his compositions are famous in Bharatanatyam - particularly kalakshetra school. I know of 2: nI uraippAi hanumAnE (rAgamAlika, with very nice usage of raga-mudras), and a daSAvatAram (again rAgamAlika).

Arun

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 11 Oct 2006, 06:59

Anyone with a recording of nI uraippAi hanumAnE? On the old sangeetham BB, I remember someone saying that they had a version sung by Adayar Lakshman...it would be awesome if it were posted!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 11 Oct 2006, 13:21

Enmugam paraiya shanmughane in amrithavarshini and a lot of viruttams of yazhpAnam veeramani were popularized by MaharAjapuram Santhanam. Once in one of the concert shri rAmachandran said that lot of veeramani's compositions were tuned by santhanam,in 1960's when santhanam was prinicipal of music college of jaffna(yazhpAnam).

LJi
Can we have the complete list of yazhpanam veeramani songs. While posting please use an empty space after few lines for better readability

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 11 Oct 2006, 19:13

I was not aware that he had composed in all the 72 mELakartAs.
I don't have that many of his songs in my list:

Batumalai-Kalyani
Chinna vayadinile-Mand
Enada muruga-Bageshri
Ennadi pEccu sakhiyE
Gajamukha-Gambhiranata

Karpakavalli nin-Ragamalika
Kunjaran sodara-Amritavarshani
Kuzhal udi vilaiyadi Bageshri
Mattunagar-Des
Nava rasa nayaki shivanai-Ragamalika-Adi
Sarangan maugane saveri balakane mohana kumarane-Ragamalika-Adi
Vanna vanna-Tilang

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 12 Oct 2006, 02:43

kumaran.nadesan wrote:Does anyone have a list of the melakarta compositions of Jaffna N Veeramani Iyer (http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/veeramani.htm)? I've been searching for them for sometime now. Even a partial list would do. Much thanks!

Kumaran,

I have a book in Tamil with me that has the complete 72 mela raga compositions of Sri Veeramani Iyer. This collection was published in 2000 by Smt Sivasakthi Sivanesan, who is a music teacher here in London and a disciple of Sri Veeramani Iyer.

In case you are interested (and can read Tamil!) I can try and get this book for you. Do drop me an email.

Jayaram

kumaran.nadesan · Post by **kumaran.nadesan** » 12 Oct 2006, 10:09

Vocalist · Post by **Vocalist** » 12 Oct 2006, 17:40

Wow. So that's who composed some of these items which I know!! These items are respectively; Karpakavalli, Nee Uraippai Hanumane, Sarangan Marugane and Chinna Vayadinile.

jayaram · Post by **jayaram** » 16 Jan 2007, 04:33

Lakshman and Kumaran,

Sorry for the inordinate delay in getting the book. Good news is that I've finally managed to get a copy for you! Should be on its way soon to your mailboxes.

Jayaram

ganashree · Post by **ganashree** » 20 Nov 2008, 19:30

Hi

I too am extremely interested in finding out about Veeramani Iya's book which Mr.Jayaram has mentioned about. Does it contain notations too? I would love to buy it. I live in Sri Lanka and find that there's no such book available here

I look forward to hearing from you!

Gladfan · Post by **Gladfan** » 15 Jan 2011, 08:02

I did not realise Nee Uraippaai Hanumane was a composition of Yalpanam Veeramani Iyer. I thought it was one of Arunachala Kavi's Rama Nataka keerthanams. Can someone confirm this?

Just an updated list of this talented composer's songs:

Gajamukha Ganapathi (Nattai - Adi)
Batu Malai (Kalyani - Adi)
Sarangan Marugane (Ragamalika - Adi)
Kuncharan Sothara (Amrithavarshini - Adi)
Enada Muruga (Thilang - Adi)
En Mugam Paareya (Amrithavarshini - Adi)
Bharathil Panbu (Kalyani - Adi)
Chinna Vayathile (Maand - Adi)
Vanna Vanna Chelai (Thilang - Adi)
Ennadi Pechu (Begada - Adi)
Kalyana Vasantha Mandapathil (Kalyana Vasantha - Adi)
Kandhan Idam (Lathangi - Adi)
Karpagavalli Nin (Ragamalika - Adi)
Kuzhaloothi Vilayaadi (Bageshri - Adi)
Mattunagar (Desh - Thisra Adi)
Navarasa Nayaki (Ragamalika - Adi)
Chellakani Vaayaal (Brindavana-Saranga - Adi)
Dasavatharam: Avatharam Seithaanadi (Ragamalika - Adi)

Does anyone have a list of his melakartha krithis?

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 15 Jan 2011, 11:25

I recently knew that ninAikAda neramillai -sindhubhairavi is by jaffna veeramani iyer. This no is popularized by madurai somu and presently suryaprakash sings that.

Here is a brief report about Jaffna veeramani iyer when he passed away
http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=10074

His numbers especially that chellakani vAyAl solladi , karpagavalii nin are just janaranjaka gems . maharajapuram santhanam certainly brought out those numbers and with those numbers like chellakani, sarangan marugane , en mugam paraiyyA his fans grew multifold.

I am assuming that during the srilankan thamizh exodus of 80's , he came from jaffna and settled in tanjore. Is that right, certainly the political climate of srilanka took this composer's lovely compositions away from vidwans and vidushis. Time to bring those back !!!

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 15 Jan 2011, 12:12

We keep hearing in general ,telugu is intrinsically carnatic friendly as most of the words ends with vowels thus producing more scope for a musician to sing more musical sangathis .Certainly it is a fact

# But it takes a really sound vagayekkara to challenge a bit of those hardcore facts, take a look at these words of yazhpAnam veeramani Iyer in thamizh, very simple and lucid, you just get the bhakthi quotient in one scan

Read these lines....

1: enda vELaiyum kanda vELai cintanai seidiDu manamE
enda nALum sondamAga namai vandu kAppAn vElavanE

2: sundara tamizinil tudittu ninrAl anda sendil sevvEzhum nam mun varuvAn
kanda kOTTattil amarndiDum kumaran kuLir shentamizh tiruppugazh viruppaDai amara

3: shentamArai kaNNanin marugan antAmarai mEl tavazh murugan
mandAra puSpa maNi mArbazhagan pondAr pUvaLi aLiyenai pugazh tan

# when you read those lines even assuming if the rAga tuned by the composer is not known , see how beautifully brindAvani (brindAvana saranga )fits the bill to the lyrics. How composer writes the lyrics and then fits the rAga from thousands of ragas to get the carnatic zing is an unsolved mystery and a gift.

enda vELaiyum kanda vELai. rAgA: brndAvani. Adi tALA. Composer: N.Viramani Iyer.

# What is the use of writing lyrics and having a rAga and if a musician does not polish it and present it to rasikas.

# Hear hear hear this brilliant baritoned maharAjapuram rAmachandran singing this number

# maharajapuram ramachandran sings this yAzhpAnam veeramani number in brindAvani, see the emote in a higher pitch in anupallavi in the lines "kanda kOTTattil amarndiDum". I have been told sundara telugu(which movie was that kappOlitiya thamizhan) , but hear veeramani writes as sundara tamizinil

# See the lower sthayi caressing in mandAra puSpa maNi mArbazhagan.

This is a recording of maharajapuram ramachandran singing yAzhpAnam veeramani's number(this is a doordarshan recording , so no problem with copyrights)

http://rapidshare.com/files/442642067/5 ... hAvani.mp3

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 15 Jan 2011, 21:13

rajeshnat wrote: IHis numbers especially that chellakani vAyAl solladi , karpagavalii nin are just janaranjaka gems . maharajapuram santhanam certainly brought out those numbers and with those numbers like chellakani, sarangan marugane , en mugam paraiyyA his fans grew multifold.

And 'naLinakAntimatIm' as well, right? It was the second rAgamAlika song I heard with the names of the rAgas intervowen (the first was 'karpagavalli' - which used to be a favorite nalangu pATTu for many mylApUr vAsis!). I think Sri Santanam may have fashioned his 'sArangan maruganE' along the lines of 'naLinakAntimatIm'....

VK RAMAN · Post by **VK RAMAN** » 15 Jan 2011, 22:09

http://www.acidplanet.com/components/em ... 795&T=6738

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 16 Jan 2011, 09:10

rshankar wrote:And 'naLinakAntimatIm' as well, right? It was the second rAgamAlika song I heard with the names of the rAgas intervowen (the first was 'karpagavalli' - which used to be a favorite nalangu pATTu for many mylApUr vAsis!). I think Sri Santanam may have fashioned his 'sArangan maruganE' along the lines of 'naLinakAntimatIm'....

Ravi,
I am assuming sArangan marugaNe came first (yAzhpAnam veeramani may have tuned with santhanam as early as when santhanam was principal of jaffna music college in early 60's). nalinakAnthimathim is by madurai v. krishnaswami who may have tuned it much later is my calculated guess. This gentleman madurai krishnaswami was working in AGS office or something , if my memory is right.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 16 Jan 2011, 09:14

Ravi
In the lyrics of endha velaiyum, every line is self explanatory, excepting the last phrase "pondAr pUvaLi aLiyenai pugazh tan". What does that mean?

VKRaman
Nice rendition , your voice is bit similiar to CML. Both of you can pair up as rasikas brothers and give concerts

. You sing it as Anda kOTTattil instead of kanda kOTTattil

Gladfan · Post by **Gladfan** » 16 Jan 2011, 17:22

I believe Sarangan Marugane was a composition of Yazhpanam Veeramani Iyer who also tuned it.

The Dasavatharam item composed by Yazhpanam Veeramani Iyer was tuned by Adyar K. Lakshman. The ragas are Surutti, Boopalam, Bilahari, Thodi, Atana, Sahana, Shanmugapriya, Nattaikurinji, Arabhi, Hamsanandi & Mohanam.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 16 Jan 2011, 18:03

Rajesh - Gladfan - thanks for correcting some of my misattributions. I need to correct those in my database as well.

Gladfan wrote: The Dasavatharam item composed by Yazhpanam Veeramani Iyer was tuned by Adyar K. Lakshman. The ragas are Surutti, Boopalam, Bilahari, Thodi, Atana, Sahana, Shanmugapriya, Nattaikurinji, Arabhi, Hamsanandi & Mohanam.

Which one is this?

Gladfan · Post by **Gladfan** » 17 Jan 2011, 10:35

I'll see if I can obtain the lyrics for this song.

Pratyaksham Bala · Post by **Pratyaksham Bala** » 27 Apr 2011, 12:45

The famous song 'Karpagavalli nin porpadhangal pidiththaen' -- is it a creation of Yazhpaanam N. Veeramani Iyer?

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 27 Apr 2011, 16:15

Pratyaksham Bala wrote:The famous song 'Karpagavalli nin porpadhangal pidiththaen' -- is it a creation of Yazhpaanam N. Veeramani Iyer?

Yes indeed

Subramanya prakash · Post by **Subramanya prakash** » 18 Nov 2017, 19:49

Here is the list of 72 Melakarta song list composed by him.

Koothaadum Ganapathiye - Nattai - Adi (Koothaadum Vinayagar Sthuthi)
karpagaambikaye kanakangi neeye - kanakangi - adi
ittanai azhage amma - rathangi - adi
venu ganamoorthi - ganamoorthi - adi
munnai vanaspathi - vanaspathi - adi
manamirangavillaya - maanavathi - adi
thaanaroopi neeye - thaanaroopi - adi
sokkanudan perudum - senavathi - adi
paritodi vanden - hanumathodi - adi
kaama dhenu karpagame - dhenuka - adi
ambalaga suttanin - natakapriya - adi
maanguyil soovidum - kokilapriya - adi
ati roopavathi neeya - roopavathi - adi
kaana gayakapriya karpagame - gayakapriya - adi
vakulabharanam ani vadivaambike - vakulabharanam
thaayaana karpagame dhaarani - mayamalavagowla - adi
maranduyir vaalvene - chakravakam - adi
kodanokodi sooryakantham - sooryakantham - adi
poompadum ponpaavaadai - hatakambari - adi
singaara bhavani vandaal - jhankaradwani - adi
ananda natanam aadum - natabharavi - adi
thanjamadaindene thaaye - keeravani - adi
harahara mahadevan - karaharapriya - adi
mangala gowri manohari - gowrimanohari - adi
tharunamiduve arul - varunapriya - adi
mararanjani neeyumallvo - maranjani - adi
yaarumilen chaarukesi - chaarukesi - adi
sarasam puriyum sarasangi - sarasangi - adi
karpoora aarathiyin - harikambhoji - adi
tirumayile valarum - shankarabharanam - adi
bhaagaya manam - naganandini - adi
paada pankaja malar nee - yagapriya - adi
inniasi poo ragam - ragavardhini - adi
kanthanukku vel kodutha - gangeyabhooshini - adi
vaakkarul vaai - vaagadeeshwari - adi
tiru mayilai valarum - shoolini - adi
parvathaa chalanatan pudalvi - chalanatai - adi
arumbu malar eduthhu - salagam - adi
karunai kadale abhiraami - jhalarnavam - adi
mayajalavarali mayilai - jalavarali - adi
vennaipoll manam - navaneetham - adi
natanam aadidum - bhavani - adi
sooriyan thuditthidum - raghupriya - adi
saantha nayakiye sharanam - gavambhodi - adi
samabhavapriya manoharini - bhapriya - adi
dheenabandu neeye - subhapantuvarali - adi
thattuvamaanavale - shadvidamargini - adi
suvarnamayaman - suvarnangi - adi
tiru mayilai kabali - divyamani - adi
thaaye dhavalambari - dhavalambari - adi
maamayilaapuri poorani - namanarayani - adi
kamavardhini karpagambike - kamavardhini - adi
seturamapriya madhu - ramapriya - adi
enaikkakka gamanashramama - gamanashrama - adi
akilanda kodiye - vishwambari - adi
maa mayilai shyamalangi - shyamalangi - adi
kanthanukku vel kodutha - shanmugapriya - adi
simmendramadyama vaahini - simmendramadyamam - adi
imayamalai padi arasan - hemavathi - adi
dharvasamvardhini dharmavathi - dharmavathi - adi
neethimathi maa mayilai - neethimathi - adi
kanthamani harani narani - kanthamani - adi
nandi rishabhapriya - rishabhapriya - adi
kapaaliyai taluvum - lathangi - adi
mayilaapuri vachaspathi - vachaspathi - adi
mayilai kapali - kalyani - adi
chittira poombhaavastha - chitrambari - adi
sundari karpaga sucharitra - sucharitra - adi
arul jyothiswaroopini - jypthiswaroopini - adi
madhu karpaga dhatu vardhini - dhatu vardhini - adi
muthu mookkuthi alankari - nasikabhushani - adi
kosalm aandidum - kosalam - adi
gana rasikapriya mana - rasikapriya - adi

The above list has been taken from "72 Melakarta Thirumailk Karpagambal Kirthanas" which is originally in Tamil version.

Regards
Subramanya Prakash

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Nov 2017, 20:43

Has anyone sung these?

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 18 Nov 2017, 20:51

Is his composition, bATu malai in kalyANI in praise of Muruga in Malaysia (in the Batu cave temple)?

suneethaprakash · Post by **suneethaprakash** » 02 Feb 2018, 02:35

Hello All

Any luck on the Avatharam Seithaanadi (Ragamalika - Adi) lyrics ? any links for an audio sample and notations pl...
thanks

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 04 Feb 2018, 12:22

Where did you come across this song?

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 04 Feb 2018, 12:47

Since Gladfan posted this list:

Gajamukha Ganapathi (Nattai - Adi) *
Batu Malai (Kalyani - Adi) *
Sarangan Marugane (Ragamalika - Adi)
Kuncharan Sothara (Amrithavarshini - Adi)
Enada Muruga (Thilang - Adi) *
En Mugam Paareya (Amrithavarshini - Adi)
Bharathil Panbu (Kalyani - Adi) *
Chinna Vayathile (Maand - Adi)
Vanna Vanna Chelai (Thilang - Adi) *
Ennadi Pechu (Begada - Adi) *
Kalyana Vasantha Mandapathil (Kalyana Vasantha - Adi) *
Kandhan Idam (Lathangi - Adi) *
Karpagavalli Nin (Ragamalika - Adi)
Kuzhaloothi Vilayaadi (Bageshri - Adi)
Mattunagar (Desh - Thisra Adi) *
Navarasa Nayaki (Ragamalika - Adi)
Chellakani Vaayaal (Brindavana-Saranga - Adi)
Dasavatharam: Avatharam Seithaanadi (Ragamalika - Adi) *

I have managed to collect over 800 kriti lyrics by Viramani Iyer. But I don't have the lyrics for many of the songs listed above. If someone can provide them I would be grateful. Thanks.

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 04 Feb 2018, 20:17

A related Youtube;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnGEN1ywJ8s

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 04 Feb 2018, 20:57

Thanks Pasupathy for the video clip.

Pasupathy · Post by **Pasupathy** » 04 Feb 2018, 21:16

Karpagavalli lyrics are here;
https://hindutemplefacts.wordpress.com/ ... ng-lyrics/

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 04 Feb 2018, 21:39

I need the lyrics for the songs indicated with asterisks ( after the song names) Thanks.

rajeshnat · Post by **rajeshnat** » 10 Nov 2018, 11:50

I did not know the kuravanji and yazhpaanam veeramani iyer connection till this writeup in The Hindu by Sujatha Vijayaraghavan on November 09th,2018

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/t ... cky_footer

Lakshman · Post by **Lakshman** » 10 Dec 2018, 07:07

Suneethaprakash wrote in post 26:

Any luck on the Avatharam Seithaanadi (Ragamalika - Adi) lyrics ?

avtAram seidAn aDi. rAgamAlikA. Adi tALA. composer not known.

P: avatAram seidAn aDi nArAyaNan bhavasAgaram nIkki paragati tandaruLa
A: Tavarma munivargaLum tirumalai pOTriDa avamayai nIkkiDa nava navamAgave
C1: munnam somukAsuran muDivu illa nAl vEdam tannai suruTi kaDal tannil oLittAn
vEdan innAlE tIrttiDa ilanga mIn uruvAgi mannan maha viSNu magizhndu matsyamAgi
2: durvAsa muni shApa thuyar koNDa indiran sarvAbharana selvam sAgarattil izhandAn
brahmAdi dEvar vEnDa pArkaDal kaDaindu eDuttu nirvaga mandirattil nilaiyAna kUrmamAgi
3: hiranyAkSan enum koDum arakkan anru bhUmiyai Aram koNDu kaDalinil amizhtti varuttinAn
sharaN pughunda dEva saphalam nIki aruLa hari avanE dEva varAha mUrthiyAgi
4: tUNilum iruppan turumbilum iruppAn peN inamAi kAppAn perumaL nArAyaNan
tUNai piLandu vandu tuNaiyai prahlAdan tandAi hiraNyanai daNDittan narasimhamAi
5: mahAbali agandayai maDitta surarai kakka mUvaDi maN vENDi mUvulagam aLandAi
sEvaDi nAraNan senniyil vaittaruLa pUvaDi nAraNan vAmananAgiyE
6: tandai jamadagni tAngiya solkaTTu mundai annaiyai konru muDi kaTra vIryanai
vindai vadam seidu vilangiDavE shivanum tanda kODali paDai tAngum parashurAmanai
7: dhasharatha kOsalai tanayanai tOnriya janaka kumariyAm jAnaki karam piDittu
dashamukha rAvaNanai daNDittu muDishUDa kushalava tandaaiAi kOdaNDa rAmanai
8: dEvakiyin vayadil tOnriya mAyamAi rOhiNiyin undiyil uditta
asuran dEnukanai vadam seidu kalapai Ayudam Endum balarAmanAi
9: devaki vasudEva sutanAgi dEvi yashOdai bAlanumAgi
pUtanai kurudiyai kuDitta asuranai padakam azhittiDum bAla kriSNanAgi
10: vallamai vAlaiyum keDayum endiyAi vasiyE vAhanamAki adil Eri
nalla tulasiyin mAlaiyum shUDiya nAraNan kaliyil nAdi kalkiyAgi

ajaysimha · Post by **ajaysimha** » 30 Jun 2020, 03:32

Is there any audio or video link of avataram sheidan ragamalika?
(Read that this Krithi was performed and thought at kalakshetra)

tharmeega · Post by **tharmeega** » 27 Jul 2020, 12:39

Where did you read that it was a kalakshetra item? That's interesting. If you email me, I can send you some audio.

VANI VENUGOPAL · Post by **VANI VENUGOPAL** » 19 Sep 2021, 10:02

jayaram wrote: ↑12 Oct 2006, 02:43
kumaran.nadesan wrote:Does anyone have a list of the melakarta compositions of Jaffna N Veeramani Iyer (http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/veeramani.htm)? I've been searching for them for sometime now. Even a partial list would do. Much thanks!
Kumaran,

I have a book in Tamil with me that has the complete 72 mela raga compositions of Sri Veeramani Iyer. This collection was published in 2000 by Smt Sivasakthi Sivanesan, who is a music teacher here in London and a disciple of Sri Veeramani Iyer.

In case you are interested (and can read Tamil!) I can try and get this book for you. Do drop me an email.

Jayaram

VANI VENUGOPAL · Post by **VANI VENUGOPAL** » 19 Sep 2021, 10:05

jayaram wrote: ↑12 Oct 2006, 02:43
kumaran.nadesan wrote:Does anyone have a list of the melakarta compositions of Jaffna N Veeramani Iyer (http://www.tamilnation.org/hundredtamils/veeramani.htm)? I've been searching for them for sometime now. Even a partial list would do. Much thanks!
Kumaran,

I have a book in Tamil with me that has the complete 72 mela raga compositions of Sri Veeramani Iyer. This collection was published in 2000 by Smt Sivasakthi Sivanesan, who is a music teacher here in London and a disciple of Sri Veeramani Iyer.

In case you are interested (and can read Tamil!) I can try and get this book for you. Do drop me an email.

Jayaram

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