Annapurna devi - The queen unknown

thathwamasi · Post by **thathwamasi** » 10 Feb 2007, 13:11

Hello All

http://music.calarts.edu/~bansuri/pages ... ticle.html

Does someone have any recordings of her??? WOuld love to hear....Coolji - Over to you..

http://music.calarts.edu/~bansuri/pages/annapurna.html

Thanks
T

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 11 Feb 2007, 07:15

That was a nice article.
But I have never been able to appreciate the fact that

It is only the mystery that defines our image of Annapurna Devi and we have nothing else to fall back on.
no recordings , inspite of living such a long life..
Whats the use of talking about a 5000 year old tradition , if it can encounter such a reaction , on the way ??
(Apart from Chaurasias Story of how he became a disciple- she wanted him to Unlearn everything he had learnt till then and he did it by the only way possible- switch from being a righthanded player to left handed)

And Ofcourse I cannot relate to the lack of will for living further.
Artist or no artist , tragedy or no tragedy, I cannot understand how it adds up to the value of an artistry or a (Maihar) lineage.

Frankly I am no big "Ravisankar-Ali Akbar" fan, But I am, more pwerfully, moved by the tragedy in Vilayath Khans words , who on touching down in Calcutta -from Canada-found to his dismay that he had Lung Cancer and bemoaned the fact that there was so much more to explore , and to close it all in a matter of days.....

Here are two tracks of Annapurna Devi ,

One .Yaman with Ravisankar
Two. Solo , playing Raag Kaushiki.

http://file.uploadr.com/c8ec

http://file.uploadr.com/c8ee

subram · Post by **subram** » 12 Feb 2007, 19:21

Dear Shri Kulkarniji,
The download links do not seem to work. Nothing happens after clicking the link located at the right side of the page. Kindly help. With profound regards,
Subram

coolkarni · Post by **coolkarni** » 12 Feb 2007, 20:52

it worked for me now.
anyone else with the same problem.?
shall try some other mode.afterall it is a small file only

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 12 Feb 2007, 21:20

coolkarni wrote:it worked for me now.
anyone else with the same problem.?
shall try some other mode.afterall it is a small file only

Worked for me .

Often, with uploadr, I have to click on the download file button a few times before I get the save prompt.

-Ramakriya

subram · Post by **subram** » 12 Feb 2007, 22:34

Sirs,

After repeated invocations I got it. Thank you Shri Ramakriya for the tip. Regards. Subram

ramakriya · Post by **ramakriya** » 14 Feb 2007, 03:47

coolkarni wrote:It is only the mystery that defines our image of Annapurna Devi and we have nothing else to fall back on.
no recordings , inspite of living such a long life..

An article on Annapoorna Devi, written about a decade ago:

http://www.kamat.com/database/articles/ ... a_devi.htm