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Organisations
Guruguha gana vidyalaya,Calclutta
This was founded by Kallidaikurichi A.Anantakrishna Iyer a disciple of Ambi Dikshitar the great grandson of Dikshitar.
In 1937 Ananthakrishna Iyer moved to Calcutta at the behest of a close family friend. Here, he built up a veritable school around him.AnantaKrishna Iyer propagated many rare Dikshitar kritis and built this institution and his monumental work was later continued by his son Shri.A.Anantharaman and Smt.Champakavalli.
Guruguhanjali, Chennai
This annual series has been conducted every year in Chennai after the Deepavali as an Anjali to Muthuswami Dikshitar by Dr.V.V.Shrivatsa.
Aradhanas , Jayanthis etc
Dikshitar jayanthi at Tirvarur
Every year the jayanti of Dikshitar is observed in Tirivarur in the Dikshitar mani mantapam.A navavarana pooja and the rendition of the Kamalamba Navavarana kritis is followed by a concert in the evening.
Vidwans with authentic
pathantaras
A list of people who have contributed to Dikshitar kritis and their propagation include
- Dr.V.Raghavan
- Justice TL Venkatarama Iyer
- Veena Sundaram Iyer
- A.Anantakrishna Iyer
Some of the pastmasters are
Kallidaikurichi Vedanta Bhagavatar, Pattamadai Sundaram Iyer
Smt.T.Brinda,Tiruppamburam Swaminatha
Pillai.
Shri.T.Vishvanathan, Sandhyavandanam Srinivasa Rao ,Shri.D.K.Jayaraman among
others,.
The artistes we have with us now include:
1.Kallidaikurichi Mahadeva Iyer
Kallidaikurichi Mahadeva Bhagavatar derives his repertoire from his guru Vedanta Bhagavatar and also from Shri.Ambi Dikshitar.Some of his masterpieces include the narayani and
saraswati manohari kritis
Kallidaikurichi Mahadeva Iyer
An Interview with Kallidaikurichi Mahadeva Iyer
2.Smt.Kalpakam Swaminathan
Smt.Kalpakam Swaminathan the veena virtuoso derives her repertoire chiefly from Kallidaikurichi A AnanthaKrishna Iyer.Authenticity is her hallmark and her rendition on the Abhayamba vibhakti kritis stand testimony to her
vidwat.She was called 'DikshitariNi' by none other than Musiri Subramanya
Iyer.
Kalpakam Swaminathan
3.Smt.T.Mukta
Smt.T.Mukta the sister of Smt.T.Brinda is another living legend.
4.Smt.D.K.Pattammal
Smt.D.K.Pattammal renowned for her impeccable pronounciation of the sahitya is another artiste who has a wide Dikshitar repertoire learnt from Shri.Ambi Dikshitar and also from T.L.Venkatarama Iyer.Her renditions of Kamakshi varalakshmi in bilahari among others is an unforgettable rendition.
D.K.Pattammal
5.Prof.S.R.Janakiraman
Prof.S.R.Janakiraman learnt Dikshitar kritis from the great flautist Tiruppamburam Swaminatha Pillai and from several illustrious gurus.His rendition of Hatakeshwara and Kashivisveshwara and Shri Guruguha mUrte in the original udayaravichandrika bear his scholarly stamp.
S.R.Janakiraman
6.Shri.B.Rajam Iyer
Shri.B.Rajam a disciple of Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar learnt several Dikshitar kritis under Shri.T.L.Venkatrama Iyer.
B.Rajam Iyer
7.Shri.R.K.Shrikantan
Shri Srikantan was born in 1920 to
a distinguished traditional family of musicians of Rudrapatnam in Hassan
District in Karnataka.He is the youngest son of late Sri Krishnasastry who was
a great scholar in Sanskrit and Kannada, a noted poet, a versatile artist
and a Harikatha vidwan.After taking lessons of music from his father at
a tender age and later from his illustrious brother Sri.R.K.Venkataramasastry
- a leading violinist and a disciple of T.Chowdaiah - he came under the
influence of all leading musicians of yore from the south.
8.Smt.R.Vedavalli
Vidushi Smt.R.Vedavalli learnt Dikshitar
krtis from Mahadeva Iyer among others.
9.Sri.B.Krishnamurthy
Shri.B.Krishnamurthy is the brother of Shri.B.Rajam Iyer and learnt
music from shri.T.L.Venkatrama Iyer.
