www.mysorevadiraj.com - my new website

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Few photos of yesterday's concert

It was a good concert in Kaarneshwar temple mylapore yesterday,
vocal by Shanthi Soundarrajan,
violin- T Kishore,
Mridangam by myself

My new Mridangam students for Vijaya Dashami

Few students joined on this Vijaya dashami for my Mridangam class. Its very nice to teach students who are interested in practicing the art. Check our Facebook page: Online Mridangam Class

"Mysore L Vadiraj" - A short info about me

As I didn't mention clearly about myself, I'm just giving brief info about me

Mysore L Vadiraj
A Professional Mridangam artiste of more than 17 years of experience. Started learning Mridangam from Karnataka Kalashree Sri PG Lakshminarayana in mysore at the age of 13. Later learnt from Vidwan Sri H.S.Sudhindra of Bangalore for an year. Then joined his Dream Guru Mridangam Maestro Sri Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam, learning the nuances of Mridangam in a traditional Gurukula System from more than 6yrs & settled in Chennai.

Mysore L Vadiraj is a Graded artiste of All India Radio, Chennai.
Has won appreciation from various senior Musicians for his Naada soukhya & Krithi Oriented Playing. Has been Performing Regularly in all Major Sabhas across the Country.

Mridangam is a Nada Vadhya, Carnatic percussion Creatively combines the underlying mathematics of Rhythm with Nadha Soukhya, an artist can express his bhavam through his instrument. Expression of the instrument is essential in carnatic music.
Mysore L Vadiraj is also teaching many students both in Chennai, Mysore & also outside the country & creating awareness about Mridangam through workshops, lectures & solo concerts.

Participated in many Percussion Ensembles
Laya Madhuraa Mridanga Yagna -"108 Mridangam Artistes ",
Laya Madhuraa's 20 Mridangam ensemble, &
Dashamukha -10 Mridangam ensemble.

      Awards & Titles:
Bhajan Samrat season 3 tittle , A reality show conducted by Sree Sankara Channel.
Vellore Ramabhadran endowment award from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha,Chennai in 2015.
Best Mridangam Artiste from Sri Nada Bramha sangeetha Sabha, Mysore in the year 2009.
Yuva Chethana Prathibha Puraskar, by Government of Karnataka in the year 2006.
Padmanabha Dasa Award in the year 2007 by Sri Vidhya Pratishtana, Bangalore.

Also received Scholarship from Karnataka Sangeetha Nrithya Academy, Karnataka & Tamilnadu Iyal Isai Nayaka , Tamilnadu. Mysore L Vadiraj has secured 2nd Rank in Examination (Mridangam) from Karnataka Secondary Education Board (K.S.E.B) in the year 2014.

Contact:
Mysore L Vadiraj
48/91, Old Mambalam Road,
Near Jones Lane. West Saidapet
Chennai-600015,India.
mobile: +91- 9962238396/9986238396
www.mysorevadiraj.blogspot.com
Facebook page: Online Mridangam class
Email: mysorevadiraj@gmail.com

 

"Mridangam - deva Vadhyam"

Mridangam :
                      In ancient Hindu sculpture, painting, and mythology, the mridangam is often depicted as the instrument of choice for a number of deities including Ganesha (the remover of obstacles) and Nandi, who is the vehicle and follower of Shiva. Nandi is said to have played the mridangam during Shiva's primordial tandava dance, causing a divine rhythm to resound across the heavens. The mridangam is thus also known as "Deva Vaadyam," or "Divine Instrument".

Over the years, the mridangam evolved to be made of different kinds of wood due to its increased durability, and today, its body is constructed from wood of the jackfruit tree. It is widely believed that the tabla, the mridangam's Hindustani musical counterpart, was first constructed by splitting a mridangam in half. With the development of the mridangam came the tala (rhythm) system. The system of talas (or taalams) in Carnatic music may be the most complex percussive rhythm system of any form of classical music

The importance of Playing has changed over the years. In the old days, percussionists only used to accompany the lead player like the vocalist but this time their development is not restricted to accompaniment only but also to play one instrument shows.

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"Suladhi Saptha Thalas"

Suladhi Saptha Thala's:

     There are 7 Basic thalas in Carnatic Music. Though there are many complicated thalas in our music system, Sangeetha Pithamaha Sri "Purandara Dasa" formed these 7 thala's as basic thalas,In which a student can learn music without much complications.

|| Dhruva mattya roopankanchaiva
   Jamphe Tripura evacha ||
|| Ata thaleka thalancha
   Saptha thaalam Prakeerthithaha ||
                                     - Sri Purandara Dasa
They are :
1. Dhruva Thalam
2. Mattya Thalam
3. Rupaka Thalam
4. Jhampha Thalam
5. Triputa Thalam
6. Ata Thalam
7. Eka Thalam

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God Of Mridangam

"God Of Mridangam"

"Lord Nandikeshwara" is considered as a god of Mridangam.

According to Indian mythologies, Lord Nandi (Bull), who was the escort of Lord Eshwara who used to accompany Mridangam for 'Rudra Thandava- the divine performance of lord Rudra'.

Another myth also adds that that the mridangam apparently was created because an instrument was needed that could recreate the sound of Indra (the Hindu counterpart of Zeus king of Gods) as he moved through the heavens on his elephant Airavata. That is why mridangam is called the 'Deva Vaadyam' or the instrument of the Lords.

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