Dear Friends and well wishers , Namaskarams, It's Guruvaram and I believe it is most auspicious. This year started with a lot of Guruarul..I had multiple blessings...
Singing at the Ramakrishna Ashram for Gurumaharaj jayanthi at Coimbatore.This institution is one of the biggest(In terms of Size) in India . It supports hundreds of students and teachers..I was amazed at the attention to details from the first telephonic conversation to the thank you letter after the concerts with Photographs..Just showed the sincerity and dedication of the inmates and teachers and the Gurumaharaj there..
Then comes the oppurtunity to sing a prayer at the Vivekananda youth conference, I sang Moorthamaheswara and Jayamundu Bhayam illai of Subramanya Bharathiyar for this function..The Chennai University has a wonderful auditorium and I wish I had sung a concert there..But what a blessing to sing for this occasion..No fear when we have Guru Arul I felt..
The blessing continues....When we did a concert for The Madras Sharada Mutt for Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Jayanthi..Akkarai Swarnalatha and Erode Nagaraj accompanied me..Strangely no man is allowed in the dias here..But Mataji was kind enough to let us sing from a corner of the dias where Nagaraj was allowed to be seated, also shows the respect that a musician evokes....We may sing thousands of concerts but when sung in religious places replete with Spiritual energy, the entire mind and body is recharged..
That was a full circle really...Then came the opportunity to sing before Swami Ganapathi Sachidanandaji.Then we had a concert at P.S Senior where I sang a number of songs on Ramana Maharishi ...
We can get fame, money and oppurtunities but Sath Sangam comes only with His grace.. Also my husband went with the Mantralaya Sangeetha Samarpana Group headed by Dr.Ganesh and has been talking about the trip all the time.. I hope to go next year..
I'll try and upload the pictures of some of these concerts..
Also I'll try and blog every week...
எல்லோருக்கும் குருஅருளும் திருஅருளும் என்றும் நிலைக்கட்டும்
With regards to all of you
gayathri venkataraghavan
