Paramatmudu - Raga Vagadeeshvari | Ramana Balachandhran

Paramatmudu is very close to my heart. The genius of Saint Thyagaraja couples such lyrical beauty with the intense, swelling melody of Vagadeeshwari, giving it such a distinct 'roopam'.
Here is an attempt at exploring Vagadeeshwari with intimacy.
Patri Satish Kumar sir on the mridangam and Chandru Anna on the ghatam added much colour and life with their ever brilliant fingers and sensitive musicality /\
Thanks to MT Aditya Anna for mixing this track, and Muthukrishnan anna for the video editing.
🎧 Kindly use headphones/speakers.
#ramanabalachandhran #vagadeeshvari #veena

[@MrNattu]

I feel Ramanaji has filled the vacuum space left after U Srinivas passed away. He plays and sings at a spiritual level

[@praveenapamarti8510]

Totally agree

[@sujayashree]

I wasn’t familiar with Vagadeeshwari at all and not heard this krithi before. And I could sense a feeling of pain, longing for attainment and pure devotion. Later I did some digging around and realized that this was Thyagaraja swami’s last offering before he attained samadhi! What can I say ! Simply wow!! Your rendition simple exuded this so precisely that I didn’t even have to dissect the meaning of the lyrics. Nevertheless it was heartwarming to confirm the same. So soulful ! You truly are blessed Ramana Ji!! God bless you with more compositions and blissfulness.

[@venkatramanj1608]

I really don't even have a guess of how many times I have listened to this. I can only say that this time it was the aalapana that made me cry!

[@bheemeshv6202]

What a brilliant rendition Ramana! That introduction of shaTshruti rishabha was just beautiful. And how well was Vagadeeshwari handled, with so much love, power and grace all at the same time. You weave magic with your Veena rendition, my friend. Kudos!

[@MYTHILIKRISHNAN62]

undoubtedly.

[@jayashreekannan3213]

🇮🇳🕉️🙏🙏🌹🌹 truly blessed to enjoy this ancient sacred therapeutic classical carnatic music. Happy World Music Day❣️🎶🎊

[@gayathrik5070]

Paramathmuudu is in this music, in the sound ,in the lyrics, in the moments that the kriti plays on your Veena

[@anitha6249]

This is too good. Too good!!! Ramana Balachandran is transfixed. Highly evolved soul. Extraordinary purity.

[@murlikrshnap]

Magical hands, fingers, voice !!!

[@jayashriramprasad5970]

Beautiful rendition

[@jayasreev6764]

அபரிமிதமான ஞானம் ஞாயமா ஒவ்வொரு ஸ்வரத்துக்கும் உயிர்கொடுத்துவாசிக்கிற நன்னா அநுபவிச்சுவாசிக்கிற சூப்பர்

[@veenapoole8422]

You inspire me to practice my veenai more. Keep up your divine renditions!

[@RajneshDomalpalli]

Exquisite. 🌿 🌼 🌿 🌼 🌿

[@raghavanparthasarathyparth1785]

Most gifted musician ,very delighted to listen to you Ramana. Be always blessed N. Namasthey

[@rameshbv2864]

Dearest Ramana I pray for Paramatmudu Graces on you always...mind blowing Vagadeeswari

[@tmadhavamenon8890]

Outstanding; tonal purity, contemplative spells of silence, intensity of emotive empathy! And the mridangam - among the VERY BEST. I am sure we are witnessing the blooming of an all-time great performer.

[@AnandKrishnanPuravangara]

No words to describe! No words!

[@sudhamuralidharan6574]

How many times I listen...I m awestruck

[@romainleonidas7352]

Beautiful traditionnal recital, with the sang,amazing. Some parts of the redition raga recall me the sarod soundwork. Karnatic music seems always reborn, always actually, almost in advance, and it's also by the work of the lines of great and talented musicians like Ramana Balanchandrahn today.

[@bhakthasrinivasan6944]

Wonderful rendition! The way Ramana etches out Vagadeshwari to a divine form is enchanting!

[@preethkhona7097]

The contemplative strings of your Veene brought Vagadeeshwari to life ✨

[@ramanmangalam8522]

You can experience the divinity in Ramana’s music. Baghawan bless him

[@AnujValmiki]

सुश्राव्यम् अद्भुतं च आसीत्! धन्योऽस्मि वर्य

[@sunidhim.ghatikar3625]

The joy beyond the boundaries of expressable adjectives!!

[@shoshinsamurai7901]

Amazing left hand control.

[@ashaketharam]

Simply divine! 🙏❤️ Excellent trio performance! HEART MELTING rendition on veena! 🙏

[@Lrh230]

You are truly Bhagavan’s blessing to us Ramanaji 🙏🙏🙏

[@gowrinatarajan4166]

Aha super the voice, the veena, the mridangam and the ghatam.......really blessed to see and listen to this 🙏🏽

[@lavanyakishore537]

I loved the way of your feel in your playing veena and singing 🙏🙏

[@lakshmiviswanathan4809]

Jai kamakshi. Saraswathi kataksham paripoornam. Namachivaya RAM. Aacervadangal.

[@vaijayanthisundararajan6334]

Mesmerizing ❤️ request you to render a vocal concert soon! You are truly blessed

[@JaiMaa-Gods_pilgrim]

Superb, as usual மிகவும் அருமை , பக்தி மனத்துடன். Thank you.

[@sakthikumar.v149]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼... No words to say, raga the way bestowed srirama to us!... Wishes to seek the fortune! 👍🏼

[@srivathsannarasimhan6084]

Lovely rendition of Vagadeeshwari !! Amazing! 🙏🙏🙏

[@kalyanikrishnan1505]

Ramanu... So very divine...

[@keyboardsathya]

So pleasant and musical ramana.. very glad to listen to you all

[@FluteNagaraju]

very nice sir ❤

[@mshashikala22]

I remember my guru sri v. prabhakar son of veena venkatagiriappa of mysore palace.very nice

[@venkatakapardeemallajosyul3779]

Excellent raga alaapna and superb rendition.

[@yogeshsrivastava3628]

Nice video anna

[@wellnessmantraa]

Ah after long time, i came out of chaos. Felt devinity. It happens rarely these days. Thanx for the track. Definitely a different style of rendering. Hope more tracks with meditative qualities will come out from your channel

[@drk.premalatha6497]

Supreme bliss!🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@muralikrishnagadepalli4454]

Devine 👍🏻👌👏🏻💐

[@vamsibhagavatula]

My heart felt Tears of joy🙏

[@pavithrasrinivasan4746]

So beautiful and divine! 🌷🙏🌷

[@sudhamuralidharan6574]

Superb Soulful Great accompaniments God bless

[@bharathijagannath8198]

Outstanding

[@MYTHILIKRISHNAN62]

fantastic as always

[@krishnaramamoorthy9972]

Excellent rendition!!

[@vydehikrishnan1957]

Excellently playing veena vaagadheeshwari raaga

[@vittalvnpr2902]

Reminds me of nedunuri krishnamurthi.gaaru version of the same Kriti..same soukhya bhaavam

[@ramyajanarthanan7823]

Divine!!! God bless you Ramana 😊

[@sudhamuralidharan6574]

I love your Veena & my cousins jayshree n jairaj Veena The best

[@aravamudhanchoodiamudhu9872]

Plese Don't compare you are not real lisner

[@sudhamuralidharan6574]

@@aravamudhanchoodiamudhu9872 read properly I have mentioned my favourites No comprison

[@arjunsubrahmanian7535]

12:25 Your voice is such an incredible addition to this performance, Ramana :)

[@rathnanarayana1917]

Beautiful 🤙👌👌🙏🙏

[@vinuthamn996]

Very very nice....

[@vinayarajvr1960]

Wow!! Divine

[@ashagopal9821]

Simply divine.

[@bimasu]

Excellent dear, keep it up.

[@anuradhakrishnan4406]

Wow . So beautiful .Awesome rendition ❤

[@anupamadeepak3751]

Super 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@srinivasanp4930]

🌹👌👍🏆👏🙏 Super

[@santhipriya8844]

🙏🙏🙏so beautiful 💖

[@paritoshshrivatsa9668]

Beautiful 👌👌👌👏👏

[@srimathigovindarajan973]

Arumai arumai,💐

[@DKMKartha108]

SRee ramaNa MahaRshayE namah! tantRyAdi vAdya-SabdEshu deeRghEshu kRama-samsthitaih / ananya-chetAh pRatyantE para-vyOma-vapuR bhavEt // तन्त्र्यादि-वाद्य-शब्देषु दीर्घेषु क्रमसंस्थितेः । अनन्य-चेताः प्रत्यन्ते पर-व्योम-वपुर् भवेत् ॥ Vijn^Ana-bhairavam 41 “If we focus our consciousness on the prolonged and harmoniously produced sounds of string instruments and other musical devices, and if we can keep the mind from losing concentration, then at the end of it (the meditative attentiveness in music), we will transform ourselves into the Transcendental Space (Para-VyOmam) and can feel a mystical Oneness with the Supreme.”

[@geethanatarajan5586]

Excellent it was.

[@lakshmiraghavarajanala6375]

melodious!

[@Tvn143]

Arunachala Shiva 🙏

[@mahamayalamination2985]

🙏🙏🙏

[@rajeshsapiens6680]

Awesome 😍😍😍

[@praveenapamarti8510]

Divine!!!

[@flyingshuttle6831]

Bliss

[@mayurisreepada5275]

Amazing rendition!

[@krishnacharanv6694]

Wonderful!

[@satyanarayanapendota8720]

👏👏👏please upload Chandrachooda in last concert , that rendering was beautiful ( which was uploaded and deleted.)

[@AnanthaVijaya]

🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@sarwanmahalam01]

Is raag ka aaroh avroh bataiye pls 🙏🙏

[@venkatramanj1608]

The aural experience created by these 3!! Especially from 16:12!!

[@AsuriSaran]

Sabhash.....

[@turlapatirajeswari8103]

Adbhutam

[@atreyaram]

Excellent rendition of paramAtmudu.. Would have been next level concert if the awesome mrudangam performance by Patri Satish Kumar was paired instead with kanjira instead of the noisy ghatam

[@vatsalsr3029]

Bhesh bhesh

[@atreyaram]

Adding kanjira would have added the much desirable soft bass lower frequency sounds and would have paired real awesome with the madhyama sruti Veena and also the vAgadeeshwari itself has many lower sruti sanchAras. It is a pity that all the main players want ghatam which simply introduces cacaphony.

[@somanraman1971]

You are a wonderful musician, but we would like you to keep your eyes open when playing to give an eye contact with the audience.

[@vish0085]

With all Humility .. Ramana is a wonderful Singer .. I would definitely attend his Vocal Concert if present.. And about his Veena playing prowess I am sure No comments required .. But this Mixing of vocal and Veena spoils the mood .. as it is , it spoils the vibe .. over that the need to switch Octaves makes it even less appealing .. My Humble request .. When you have Veena as your Voice , don't think anything else is needed.

[@gongurachutney]

Pls don't comment negatively if you don't understand 🙏. It is customary that these artists sometimes sing along with playing veena or sitar. Ramana's skills are superb and developing as he matures. He is still quite young. Just enjoy the journey...We are lucky to have a young talented soul like Ramana exploring the wonderful genre.

[@anitha6249]

I really enjoyed his singing in between that I wait for @12:26 everytime. I just loved everything the way it is. He is transfixed and it shows. He is not singing for the audience but is in communion with the brahman. That's why this singer is unique and so pure.

[@heikkinylund8617]

"Tee mitä haluat, kuha' et laala!" / "Do whatever you like as long as you don't sing!"

[@heikkinylund8617]

Savonian dictum.