Raave Himagiri

It is to our fortune that the envelope of bhakti that pervaded the history and geography of Tanjavur, bequeathed us the Trinity of Carnatic composers. Today marks the 258th birth anniversary of Sri Shyama Shastry.
An eternal child calling for mother’s attention, this saint composer carried on his dialogue with the supreme mother endlessly through his musical gems. The lyrical and musical beauty in his compositions is truly ‘nArikEla pAkam’. A practitioner needs to delve deep into them - to internalise and present their immortal essence. A rasika’s ears have to reach a certain keenness to repose in the chiselled expression of his Kritis.
In the myriad of Todi compositions, a Todi again, so distinctly conceived - this composition makes an earnest plea seeking mother’s benevolent appearance.
We pay obeisance to the trinity saint Shyama Shastry - through this swarajathi.
Violin : Sri H N Bhaskar
Mridangam : Sri Arjun Kumar

[@ramanaak8579]

Close your eyes and listening 🎶 is like flowing nectar 🎉 Thank you sir......! Mrudangam.....top class🎉

[@sachinbharadwaj8866]

The gaambhirya and majesty is wonderful. Vid. Arjun Kumar mridangam has come across very majestically and the slow sarvalaghu is just pure sukha and it is needless to say that Vid. Abhishek Raghuram has rendered this Shyama Shastri's composition effortlessly and wonderfully! Keep it up team.

[@suchan87]

9th time listening and will listen again on 24th April. What a rendition..

[@AbhiramBode]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Archana_ClassicalSinger]

What a beautiful rendition of this beautiful composition. I am right away starting my practice to improvise on the bhava! Thank you Abhishek.

[@AnanthNat]

And lest it be missed mention, what an amazing quality of sound recording! Though I felt violin needed a wee bit more volume.

[@bharathijagannath8198]

Best rendition of "Raave" by any artist.

[@ramsubramaniank.sathyanath8322]

Vow. Excellent Abhishek. Million thanks for the rendition. I wanted to hear this for long and hence requested. It's out if the World. God bless you with good health and maintain the excellent voice 🙏

[@meenakrishnamoorthy9015]

Excellent and Beautiful Rendering of Thodi by Shri Abhishek. Stay Blessed Always Abhishek Ji

[@meenakshi_arun]

Blissful and heartfelt!

[@kalpanaswaminathan4868]

Enchanting!

[@tsdhakshinamurthy8870]

Poor audio pl