Saptaratnas are some of the most colourful and beautiful compositions and are similar in structure to the svarajatis with a Pallavi, Anupallavi followed by multiple madhyamakala charanams. The first ratna in Nattai set to Adi talam is a composition where OVK salutes several great personalities right from Anjaneya, Prahlada, Azhwars, Nayanmars and many others including Purandaradasa & Tulasidasa. This composition gives us a glimpse of the humility and attitude of the composer. It has been rendered by International Foundation for Carnatic Music's vocal-instrumental ensemble consisting of several leading performing disciples of Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran and their disciples as mentioned below.
Special Introduction of the first ratna by Sangeet Samraat Chitravina N Ravikiran
LEAD VOICES
Anahita Ravindran
Apoorva Ravindran
Bhargavi Balasubramanian
Dathre S Pathangi
Dhruv S Pathangi
Ganesh Raman
Sowmya Acharya
Vanitha Suresh
INSTRUMENTS
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Mrdangam & Khanjira)
Sanjay Suresh-Violin
Srinath Hariharan-Violin
Vishaal Sapuram- Chitravina
DISCIPLES OF CHITRAVINA N RAVIKIRAN
Aditya Mohan
Arjun Suresh (Chitravina)
Arunprasath Durairaj
Bhushan Toshniwal
Emilija Kercan
Lakshmipriya
N N Sivaprasad
Nupur Joshi
Petreeza Sabu
Pranav Kikkeri
Renuka Suryanarayanan
Sapna Ganeshprasad
Surya Ganesan
DISCIPLES OF BHARGAVI BALASUBRAMANIAN
Bindu Ramkumar
Lavanya Krishna
Magizhan Paridhi
Nandita Bhat
Ramya Vishwanathan
Ranjani Hariharan
Sanjana Ganeshprasad
Sathya Ganesan
Shashvathi S Hariharan
Shreyaa Ramakrishnan
Shreyaas Rajagopalan
Sreenidhi Venkat
Trisha Shankar
DISCIPLES OF ANAHITA RAVINDRAN
Prameela Mandayam
Satish Nathan
Shruti Ramanand
Srimathi M S
Srinidhi M S
DISCIPLES OF APOORVA RAVINDRAN
Arpithaa Shet
Krishna Velamoor
Madhumitha Sathyanarayanan
Nihal Josyula
Sahana Ramanathan
Shivashree Srinivasan
DISCIPLES OF VANITHA SURESH
Bhargav Sampathkumaran
Padma Kaushik
Pooja Krishnan (Clarinet)
Saagarika Ramanathan
Shreya Ramesh
AUDIO EDITING
Sreenidhi Venkat
VIDEO EDITING & TITLE ILLUSTRATIONS
Bhargavi Balasubramanian
TITLE DESIGN
Divya Ramesh
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bhajanāmrta paramānanda
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bhāgavata santa charaṇa rēṇum nirantaram vahāmyaham hari nija
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vrajarāja kumāra manōhara
vēṇugāna shravaṇānanda
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vraja sundari jana pada pankaja sama
anukampita hrdi smara sambhava nija
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nārāyaṇa nāmarasana paramānanda yuta hrdaya jitakalmaṣha nara-
simha dayā nidhimiva taraṇa sadā kanaka kashipu suta ādaya
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parahita karuṇākara vara smita mukha bhava parābhava parama pāvana
sarasijabhava sukumāra sanaka sanandana sanātana nārada shukādi
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tāraka mantra sadā paṭhanam krta tara karatala sanjeevi girim dhrta
dasharatha rājakumāra hitam krta sadā gatipavana kumārādi hari
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dashamukha sōdara guha shabaree sugreevāngada sucharita mahābhāgya
rāmēṇa bahubhāṣhita bhāvita veekṣhita rakṣhita mitrita pavitrita
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bhāgavata kathā paṭhana shravaṇa sadā smaraṇa bhajana guṇa keertana
yathā kathita krṣhṇa charita varṇanam tathānuguṇa prakaṭana vitaraṇa hari
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nandeesha matanga vyāghrapada sahasra phaṇa makuṭadhara tumburu
chaṇḍeesha mrkaṇḍu suta munigaṇa santata nuta rajata shaila sthita shiva
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shiva hari sharavaṇabhava guha bhajana nirantara mālālankrta shōbha
vāgeesha shiva pāda hrdaya suta maṇivāchaka sundara ḍiṇḍima kavi-
rāja madhurakavirāja rāmānuja kulashēkhara viṣhṇuchitta para-
kāla purandara tuḷasidāsa charaṇāravinda dhooḷi hari shiva guha
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krṣhṇa kathākarṇana vrata japa tapa stōtra kvaṇita archana yōga
rāsa mahōtsava vibhavabhāva paramādbhuta narttana vara nrtya chatura
agaṇita rāga navavidha tāḷa krama laya gati svara tantree samanvita
ānandātishaya sukha nimagna ananta mahānta charaṇāravinda
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rāma rāghava kēshava raghukula nandana maithilee ramaṇa
krṣhṇa gōkula vaibhava nanda nandana kāḷeeya naṭana
sōmashēkhara sundara naṭana chidambara shailajā ramaṇa
bāhulēya shikhi vāha dayāpara pāhi itividha nāma nijahari
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kṣhaṇamapi hariguṇa kathita mahōttama
kṣhaṇamapi shravaṇa sukrta paramōttama
kṣhaṇamapi darshita (sat) sanga parōttama
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janma janmamapi pankaja padamiha antahkaraṇa krta antaranga hari
Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi, a composer of time-transcending brilliance and encyclopedic erudition, is said to have lived approximately between 1700-1765. The vastness of his multi-dimensional creations is only matched by the depth of his knowledge and exemplary attitude. He was a consummate master of melody, form, rhythm, meter, poetry, dance, drama, epics, mythology, cultural history and geography who was at equal ease in Sanskrit as well as Tamil. The enchanting magic his creations weave have endeared him to thousands of musicians, music lovers and students alike and awed scholars over the years.
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