Thursday, October 9, 2008

Navarathri

I adore the whole Guru-shishya parampara but it's sad that we hardly practice it anymore. It's overwhelming when you get blessings from your Guru on the very special day - Vijayadashmi. Today morning I sang few keerthanas and then headed off to my Guru Sri. Perumbavur Ravindranath's place for his blessings. There I got to sing few famous krithis like Sri Varalakshmi, Saraswathi Vidhiyuvathi, initially starting off with few slokas like Sarva Mangala Maangalye and some geethas i.e. 'Sree Gananatha' and 'Vara Veena'. Collected the prasad after singing and when I stepped out I felt as though I went through a "relief-abhishekam" where I felt like all my sins are washed away through the reception of my Guru's blessings. I had done a small work for the Navarathri for Channel Doordarshan via All India Radio. A dance had been choreographed with children of various age groups participating in it. It was aired today morning at 8:00 am. There is a repeat telecast tomorrow at Doordarshan at 5:10 pm. Do try to watch it. Wishing all of you the nine blessings of Navadurga i.e. name, fame, health, wealth, happiness, humanity, education, power and devotion.

16 comments:

Vishnu Visakh S said...

ohhh yaaaaaar........i missed the programme......sorry yaaaaar

Anonymous said...

this is the last time im writing to u.not becos i lost interest but bcos u dont show any interest.
one day u will b sorry for all that u hav been doing wid me.and that day will not b very far away.
i dont wanna say anything more cos i know u dont care wat i write to u.
ur in one of those glittering moments of ur life where u and some people around u think ur gonna b some big thing in the future.actually u and the people around u r blind.im not saying this cos u r ignoring me,but its the truth,which it wont take u long to realise.
remember my words,just cos im asking u to.u will say i was right the nxt time v meet.
hah,who cares what this maniac says,rite????
just take care and by the way im writing songs abt u.
bye

Neha Nair said...

Vishnu: I couldn't watch it myself :( Will try to get the main copy and upload it in Vodacast.

Neha Nair said...

Nitish: I have met you hardly 3-4 times that too two years ago. I don't what is the "big thing" that I have done to you. I don't recollect having any sort of a spat with you during our professional meets. Anyways if you think I am in one of my glittering moments and if you think that I will not live that moment cos I don't deserve it and you may think that way cos you have the rights to voice your opinion. And leave alone me and the "others" who do think I deserve to live these glittering moments in my life.

It's nice to know that you are writing songs about me! cos no one has ever done that, it would be a pleasure to read them sometime. Thanks for all those straightforward comments and best of luck in your poetry.

Anonymous said...

well lady, i chanced on this blog by pure accident...

two not really important things:

1. you can sing, so know that you are blessed for life.

2. pretty interesting... the way you handled that lil nasty 'poke' above...

oh as an afterthought...am dark, short, ugly and... err..well.. hmmm.. rich , yea! ;) just kidding

Neha Nair said...

dubito: Thanks a million pal for those compliments.. and looks like you went through my orkut :D

Anonymous said...

Damn! How did ya know? :P

Well, I did go through your profile, but that was after reading your blog :)

....and that afterthought was quite serious a thought, now that I think about it ;) But then am sure you regularly get flooded with messages and afterthoughts from a lotta ugly, short, dark, rich and not so rich people *sigh* ;).

alea jacta est!

VIKAS PLAKKOT said...

huh, this post has turned into classifieds or what??..

I missed the program !

Neha Nair said...

dubito: I don't think anyone would claim to be short, dark or rich just by going through my blog :D.. and FYI, I am not looking for one right now.

Vikas: It's ok .. I missed it too.. will try to upload the video..

Neha Nair said...

dubito: I am not flooded with messages from rich, ugly and short guys !!! I lead a pretty normal life.. umm... what's 'alea jacta est'?

Anonymous said...

errrr... i was just kidding around, dont have to take any bit seriously :)

oh and u lead a normal life?? what a let down :P

Alea Jacta Est..hmmm that means, "The Die is Cast".

cheers!

Neha Nair said...

dubito: That went right over my head! Could you tell me what 'the die is cast' means :D .. and I knew you were kiddin.. so I am all chill pill...

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Neha Nair said...

Nitish: I appreciate your realization. Good luck to you too.

Anonymous said...
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Neha Nair said...

Nitish: I would really appreciate if you would mail me if you have any grudge against me but please do not post such obscene comments in my blog. Thanks