Vel Vaguppu by 'Guruji' Sri A.S. Raghavan

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Om muruga sharanam 🙏🏻

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Guruji A.S.Raghavan looks like a "great musician" and "Natya sangeet singer-Abhang singer" Dr.Vasant Rao Deshpande in Maharastra. Both of them have sung lot of Raagas in Hindustani as well as Karnataki. Vasant Rao born in 1920 and A.S.Raghavan born in 1928. Vasant Rao was famous in singing lot of Abhangs over Lord Panduranga, as well as Natya sangeet. A.S.Ragavan was famous in Thiruppugal over Lord Subramanya in all Skanda Temples all over the world. A.S.Raghavan got the opportunity to learn music from Sri Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, a great Pundit. Guruji not only compiled in one work the available hymns of Saint Arunagirinadar and titled it “Thiruppugazh Madani”, he also set to tune more than 500 of these in more than 100 ragas to melodious music and precise tala, matching the chhanda (meter) of these hymns. He also evolved a pattern from the verses of Thiruppugazh for conducting an elaborate ‘wedding function’ titled “Valli Kalyanam”, which signifies the finality of life in the unification of “atma” with “paramatma”. Besides Thiruppugazh, Guruji had also set to music the “Abhirami Andhadhi” and “Abhirami Padigam”, the verses on goddess Shakti. Guruji commanded instant respect and was a source of inspiration to hundreds of disciples and followers. People who did not have any knowledge of music, too, started joining the group. Guruji was held in high respect and reverence by devotees in general but also by saints and sages. He was blessed by Sankaracharyas of Kanchi and Sringeri. There was an instance when Sringeri Acharya listened to his Bhajan and blessed him. It happened at Calcutta where Jagadguru Sri Abhinava Vidya Teertha Maha Swamigal of Sringeri was to preside over a devotional program. Among the many program planned, there was a Bhajan also. When the Math authorities consulted Maha Swamigal in advance, Swamigal said: “Invite Sri Raghavan, the Thiruppugazh wizard”. Thus, the “Raghavan School of Thiruppugazh singing” spread and became well established in India as well as in places like Hong Kong, Malaysia, Canada, Singapore and the U.S. Guruji’s efforts had blossomed into a large “Anbargal” family which accepted the principles enshrined in Thiruppugazh as a way of life. Apart from the regular monthly Shashti and Kirtigai bhajans that are organised in a number of localities in the Capital, the “Padivizha”, conducted on the first Sunday of January every year, and the “Saint Arunagirinadar Ninaivu Vizha” organised on October 2 every year, at New Delhi’s Malai Mandir, are most looked forward to. On 17th May 2013, Guruji attained the Lotus Feet of Lord Karthikeya. At the age of eight, Deshpande's talent was observed by Bhalji Pendharkar who launched him in the role of Krishna in the Hindi movie Kaliya Mardan (1935). He obtained his PhD in Music. Deshpande performed classical and semi-classical music. He acted in movies like "Kaaliya Mardan", "Dudh Bhaat", and "Ashtavinayak". He had several commercial releases under his name. He created raga Raj Kalyan, a variant of Yaman without pancham. Deshpande learned from several gurus, refusing to tie himself down to a single school of singing He began his musical training with Shankarrao Sapre of Gwalior, a disciple of V. D. Paluskar,[6] in Nagpur. After this, he studied under various musicians such as Sureshbabu Mane of Kirana gharana, Asad Ali Khan of Patiala gharana, Aman Ali Khan and Anjanibai Malpekar of Bhendibazaar gharana, and Ramkrishna Vaze of Gwalior.[7] Dinanath Mangeshkar, a direct disciple of Vazebuwa, is said to have had the greatest influence over Deshpande. Deshpande is regarded as Mangeshkar's sole musical heir, having adopted his signature mercurial and dramatic style of singing. Deshpande's students include Chandrakant Limaye, Vijay Koparkar and Pt Padmakar Kulkarni, His grandson, Rahul Deshpande, is also a singer, and has also reprised some of his roles on stage and screen, such as Khansaheb in Katyar Kaljat Ghusli a film. A foundation, the Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande Pratishthan, organizes an annual music festival, Vasantotsav, at Pune in his memory. The annual festival is held over three days during the month of January, where musicians and performers are invited to take part. During the festival, two awards, the "Vasantotsav Youth Award" for Promising Artists and the "Vasantotsav Award" for veteran artists, are given. In 2011, a three-day music and dance festival in his memory, was organized by the South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC) of Government of India in Nagpur. A film named Mee Vasantrao, based on the life of Vasantrao Deshpande, was scheduled to be released on 1 May 2020, but was postponed due to Covid-19 lockdown. He passed away on 30th July 1983.

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Muruga.... 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽, no words, thanks for post on great bhaktha, jnani Sri AS raghavan Guruji, perumale🌷🌸

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Beautiful rendition Pramadham 👌👌👏👏👏👏👏❤❤

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Guruji's voice simply resonates. Blessed are we to listen to his rendition 🙏🙏

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Murugaaaa........ Appane...

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பருத்தமுலை சிறுத்தஇடை வெளுத்தநகை கறுத்தகுழல் சிவத்தவிதழ் மறச்சிறுமி விழிக்குநிக ராகும் ...... 1 பனைக்கமுக படக்கரட மதத்தவள கசக்கடவுள் பதத்திடுநி களத்துமுளை தெறிக்கவர மாகும் ...... 2 பழுத்தமுது தமிழ்ப்பலகை யிருக்குமொரு கவிப்புலவன் இசைக்குருகி வரைக்குகையை யிடித்துவழி காணும் ...... 3 பசித்தலகை முசித்தழுது முறைப்படுதல் ஒழித்தவுணர் உரத்துதிர நிணத்தசைகள் புசிக்கவருள் நேரும் ...... 4 சுரர்க்குமுநி வரர்க்குமக பதிக்கும்விதி தனக்கும்அரி தனக்குநரர் தமக்குகுறும் இடுக்கண்வினை சாடும் ...... 5 சுடர்பருதி ஒளிப்பநில வொழுக்குமதி ஒளிப்பஅலை யடக்குதழல் ஒளிப்பவொளிர் ஒளிப்பிரபை வீசும் ...... 6 துதிக்குமடி யவர்க்கொருவர் கெடுக்கஇடர் நினைக்கினவர் குலத்தைமுத லறக்களையும் எனக்கோர்துணை யாகும் ...... 7 சொலற்கரிய திருப்புகழை யுரைத்தவரை யடுத்தபகை யறுத்தெறிய வுருக்கியெழு மறத்தைநிலை காணும் ...... 8 தருக்கிநமன் முருக்கவரின் இருக்குமதி தரித்தமுடி படைத்தவிறல் படைத்தஇறை கழற்குநிக ராகும் ...... 9 தலத்திலுள கணத்தொகுதி களிப்பினுண வழைப்பதென மலர்க்கமல கரத்தின்முனை விதிர்க்கவளை வாகும் ...... 10 தனித்துவழி நடக்குமென திடத்துமொரு வலத்துமிரு புறத்துமரு கடுத்திரவு பகற்றுணைய தாகும் ...... 11 சலத்துவரும் அரக்கருடல் கொழுத்துவளர் பெருத்தகுடர் சிவத்ததொடை யெனச்சிகையில் விருப்பமொடு சூடும் ...... 12 திரைக்கடலை யுடைத்துநிறை புனர்கடிது குடித்துடையும் உடைப்படைய அடைத்துதிர நிறைத்துவிளை யாடும் ...... 13 திசைக்கரியை முதற்குலிசன் அறுத்தசிறை முளைத்ததென முகட்டினிடை பறக்கவற விசைத்ததிர வோடும் ...... 14 சினத்தவுணர் எதிர்த்தரண களத்தில்வெகு குறைத்தலைகள் சிரித்தெயிறு கடித்துவிழி விழித்தலற மோதும் ...... 15 திருத்தணியில் உதித்தருளும் ஒருத்தன்மலை விருத்தனென துளத்திலுறை கருத்தன்மயில் நடத்துகுகன் வேலே ...... 16

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what is Thirupugal vaagupugal ? how it is differentiated from thirupugal songs?

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