Veenavaadhini Pilgrimage with Dikshitar

VEENAVAADHINI PILGRIMAGE WITH DIKSHITAR –PANDIA NADU (MADURAI AND NEARBY TEMPLES) Article by Uma Venkatramani The trip began on happy note and a birthday, on Friday evening. Participants were [...]

Article by Aparna Shankar How many such trips had Veenavaadhini undertaken? – asked someone on one of the many van journeys. Enumerating on our fingers, the number was unexpectedly high: over [...]

The divine music composer Nadajyoti  Muthuswami Dikshitar  has visited many holy places all over the country, and it has been our endeavour at Veenavaadhini to follow his footsteps to the same [...]

In continuation of efforts already taken to visit sacred temples noted for songs composed by Nadajyothi Muthuswamy Dikshitar during his pilgrimage, Smt Jaysri and Sri Jeyaraaj Krishnan on [...]

Imagine understanding the meaning of a song which is not in your language, then appreciating why the composer said so. It is a heady feeling we students at Veenavaadhini ( a trust for music [...]

  Tirukkazhukkunram is a well-known temple of Shiva, near Chengalpet. The temple is on a hill, requiring around 550 steps to be climbed. Like Tirupati, the Lord is on the hill, while the Goddess [...]

Last month, on March 27th, a warm early-summer day, the students of Veenavadhini and their families, led by Sri Jeyaraaj and Smt Jaysri, gathered at 7am in the temple of Sri Parthasarathi Swamy, [...]

Continuing Veenavaadhini’s intent of visiting temples and singing Dikshitar’s Kritis in the shrines where he composed them, we were pondering where we could sing the Navagraha Kritis. [...]

Sunday, November 22 dawned very early for the eighteen of us. Students of Smt Jaysri and Sri Jeyaraaj, and their families, along with the Vainika couple, all assembled at their Mandaveli home by [...]

On December 5th we embarked on a trip to Thiruvannamalai and Virinchipuram as part of our Pilgrimage with Dikshitar. It was a truly unforgettable experience! We are immensely grateful to Sri [...]