Late Raghu sir is the king of gumkis and his style of playing is unique which is fully traditional. 🙏🙏🙏

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What a layam and nafham great🙏

Super star MDR

Genius ! Raghu sir 🙏

Blissssssssss

Dear Rishi, came to know about your arangatram. All the best.

Mora is awesome..

A great doyen he was and he will be of rhythm instrument 'mrudangam' specialised in gumki🙏🙏🙏

No substitute yet for this genius

Always find ut hard to grasp what Raghu sir plays

Ayya 🙏 niga oruvare potum sigham 🙏🌟🙏💪💪

Can't close my eyes and just relax ..!! amazing shri PR...

Perhaps the most complicated thani ever played in history !

Rishi sir thanks for the upload. You are having full concert???

🙏🙏 Wonderful Rendition by Maestro..🌹🙏🙏🌹

This genius called PR makes it look like there is an yuga-long time within an anudhrutam 😊 is it just me?

Awesome rendering by the legend. Not sure if it was the toppi making that extra sound or the kanjira next to him.

Just playing around with takatati kitatom tati ki ta tom and coming up with endless variations. What a sound 🙏🏻

Concert has reached its peak @ varnam itself! Have heard this concert numerous times but every time it gives goosebumps..! Kvn-Raghu sir... koti pranams

Thanks for this..namaskaram to KVN Mama and TNK Mama

Can't tire of watching this. Rishi, i can't thank you enough for this. DKJ's body language is simply amazing. He seems truly thrilled by PR's brilliance. PR = Palghat Raghu = PRecision

How long have we hoped for this! Was this part of Sri. David Nelson's dissertation, where he has transcribed 5 Thanis from as many artists for the same Kruthi?

This lovely Behag thillans is swantom kriti! How lovely! With brilliant pakkom on both sides of eMDeeyaaR we're in pure heaven. PPNKumar/Calif

Recoding quality including with the pristine selection of songs and the best pakkom -- for MDR's style -- possible this particular concert is the best MDR concert ! Undoubtedly true ... PPN Kanthikumar/California

eMDeeyaaR mahavidwan took a delightful page from Nadaswarom recitals : the hardest wind instrument on this planet makes it a must for the nadaswarom player to take frequent breaks during long recitals. The tavil vidwan will come in and fill the gaps brilliantly. Our man MDR would take breaks during his recitals as he contemplates the upcoming neravals with new ideas. Brilliant mridangam men such as Palghat Mani Iyer would fill the gaps as if he was repeating the song phrases. Here PMI's prime sishya is doing what his guru had done before him with brilliant out-of-this-world type fillings. Murugabhupathy, T K Murhy and TV Gopalakrishnan were all best in this endeavor. TVG used to carry MDR cassettes with him when he travelled abroad for concerts. In fact, he presented me with two tapes of MDR with himself as pakkom along side a Malayali violinist Chalakkudi Narayanaswami for feeding him with soft idlis, podi and Nair coconut chutney during his 1984 US tour that took him with TNKrishnan and family covering my then residential town of Flushing in Queens [New York} PPN Kanthikumar/Calif

Nobody could touch Kedaram after the mahavidwan eMDeeyaaR had touched it. This Kedaram song is his own creation. Victoria College -- needlessly to say built during the British occupation -- was the home to both eMDeeyaaR[Physics BSc] and Palghat Raghu]Mathematics BSc]. Both of them were honoured by the govt of India with Padmashri award! Raghu master in this recital when eMDeeyaaR surrendered to perfection with his take of the major song Nata's Jagadanandakaraka did his very best to make it a monumental success. V Thyagarajan who grew up surrounded by music from morning till night as his violin master father Pappa Venkataramaiah[his initial "V" comes from "Venkataramaiah"]. I thank Rishi for his generous posting. PPN Kanthikumar

The one. The only. The wizard. Raghu sir.

Sheer magic by the one and only Raghu sir. Thanks a ton, Rishi, for uploading this!

What a treat.. been lookin for this for a few years now. After getting spoilt - watching this quite regularly for a few years almost everyday.. i was heartbroken when i couldnt find it online anymore. I understand there are some concerns about permissions. If its taken down also, i will understand..

Sir can you upload the full concert

Palghat Raghu sir, a touching tribute to Palani Pillaivaal. Respect to you. Fortunate enough to met you in person and considers it a gift.

Daivadatham🙏

Right from the start, that idam-valam combo in mrdangam is like a live heart, throbbing

Hyderabad N Ramamurthy is following the same style.

The genius.

Sir, could you please upload " O Rangasayi " sung by Sri. Palakkad K.V.Narayanaswamy, if its there in your collection... ...

The absolute genius of the mridangam. I love how Raghu sir juxtaposes complex rhythmic ideas with some much aesthetics; absolutely unmatched in that. Thanks for the upload, Rishi! (its been 3 years since you uploaded but just chanced upon it this fine Saturday morning)

I have no words in comment about this NAADA YOGI execpt an eternal gratitude to you rishi sir🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

wow! Just brilliant mridangam play by Sri Raghu Sir!

“Sri M.D. Ramanathan avarGaL oru chiRantha ‘Carnatic Sangeeth Vidwaan aawaar. Miguntha Jnanam udaiyavar sangeethaththil.-“M.K.Subramanian.”

Namaskaram 🙏

This is godly music! Thank you

Dear Rishi, thanks. When ever you are free Can you please upload Nayaki other than Nee Bhajana.

Behag ..Very nice

Excellent, soulfull music.

Its a lesson for students, to be imbibed

Late Sri.Voleti Venkateshwarlu is one of the best musicians that Andhra Pradesh should be very proud of. My Namaskaram to the great Legend 🙏🙏🙏🕉️.i am enjoying his sangeetham. 👍💐

Too good Rishi