Editor's desk

Team Kural mourns the passing away of the veteran mṛdaṅga maestro, Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee, Vid. Varadarao Kamalakara Rao. Seeking his blessings, we release Issue 19.

Dearest Kuralites, 

All buckled up for the much awaited December Season? So are we!! Oh wait. It doesn’t get over there. An important announcement comes following up. Keep guessing as I proceed with singing the contents of Issue 19. 

Swati and Abhijit explore Śrīraṅgam and eventually come up with a plan for January! Travel along with R. Aaditya Rangan to know them all. 

Vid. Vijay Siva let the rāga take him where it did, weaving beautiful contours and providing much food for thought", says V Subashri in the Kutcheri Chronicles. What did he sing and what were the concert highlights? Go, check it out!

Just as we spoke about concerts, here's Rithuu Rajendran voicing out on the decline of rasika-s in the concerts and how the organisation, GCMA has come up with a solution for this.

Priyanka Haresh doubly treats this issue of Kural as she pens down the different perspectives to varṇa-s in the rāga, khamās in the section, Innikku Enna Kekkalaam and also discusses how Dēvī is called as a daughter by different composers in different languages in the Word Bytes section.

VSP Gayatri Sivani who regularly wins the Brain Benders has decided to be on the other side of the game, this issue. How good are you when it comes to laya? Try this issue's game section and find it yourself!

In this issue's Kural's E-pilgrimage by Aniruddh Sankaran, you'll find the tale of Yama’s redemption, the Dharmarāja and Pāṇḍava legacy, the story of Nīlakaṇṭa Yāẕpāṇar, a unique manifestation of Dakṣiṇāmūrti and about Yāẕ Mūri Nādar. Excited to know how it all connects to the kṣētra - Dharmapuram? Find it in the article.

Hope you have an amazing music and dance season.

See you all in January!

Musically Yours,

Preeti Sethuraman