Editor's desk

Dear Readers,

Namaskāram. On the occasion auspicious start of the Āḍi Māsa (a) Rāmāyaṇa Māsa, we wish everyone you all a Happy Āḍi Paṇḍigai.

The Kutcheri Chronicles section of this issue is uniquely connected to the month. The well-attended lecdem of Vidvān Śrī RK Shriramkumar sir on Musical aspects in the Sundara Kāṇḍa of Śrīmad Rāmāyaṇa has been chronicled by Ramya R, taking us through the various facets covered in the lecdem.

In the 4th of the Aavali series, Chandrakala Radhakrishnan explores Mahārājā Svāti Tirunāḷ's life and works. In the 2nd episode in this series, the beauty of the composer's language and the divinity of the Rāmāyaṇa Pārāyaṇa in the Narasimha Svāmi Sannidhi in Tiru̱vanantapuram, the lord who uses anything and everything he has to protect his true devotees from their enemies, is all discussed.

Sathvika Madhavan, the winner of the senior writing category in Kural competitions 2025, writes about the conversation with her sarcastic but enthusiastic keyboard.

This month's Brain Benders is dedicated to the Carnatic Trinity's work with rare rāga-s, which has been handled by them and acts as probably our only source of reference to that rāga till date. Enjoy finding the ragas!

We thank you for your enthusiastic support for the Carnatic Bytes series. We are now starting to delve into Tāla-s and associated concepts, we are look forward to your response. 

We invite all readers to spread the word about this endeavour and request you all to contribute articles and thoughts to the magazine.

Yours Musically,

Aaditya