Abhirami Andhadhi Introduction | அபிராமி அந்தாதி | Ashok Subramaniam | Kamakshi | Sahana

Jagati Kriti feels blessed to present “Abhirami Andhadhi” by Sri Abhirami Pattar as a ‘learn and sing’ series every Friday. On the auspicious day of Chitra pournami, we begin this series with an introduction to this divine work Abhirami Andhadhi by Sri Ashok Subramaniam, musician & tamil scholar. Goddess Abhirami is a form of Goddess Devi. She is believed to be extremely powerful and fulfills the wishes of all her devotees. Mother Abhirami is the presiding Goddess of Thirukadayur, Tamil Nadu, India. Andhadhi (அந்தாதி) is a unique kind of tamil poetry constructed such that the last or ending word of each verse becomes the first word of the next verse. Since this andhadhi was sung on goddess Abhirami it is known as Abirami Andhadhi. There are a 102 poems including a காப்பு (Kāppu) verse on lord Ganesha and a final பயன் (Payan). With the blessings of Kanchi Paramaacharya (Sri Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati swamigal), my first guru & grand mother Smt Seethalakshmi Narayanan had set the tune to Abirami Andhadhi in 102 ragas. She was blessed with the title “Suswara Gāna Ratna” by His Holiness after listening to the entire Abhirami Andhadhi. I was fortunate to learn these beautiful poems from my grandmother. I feel really blessed to embark on this divine journey of understanding and rendering the verses of Abhirami Andhadhi with Sahana Sankar, a very young dedicated & sincere student of music. My special thanks to my aunt & uncle Smt Uma Hari and Sri Harihara Krishnan who had recorded my grand mother’s rendition around late 90’s which was helpful in preparing for this series as well. Request you all to join us in this divine journey and seek the blessings of Goddess Abhirami. Kindly share and subscribe to our channel 🙏 - Kamakshi Kalyanasundaram Channel - Jagati Kriti owned by Smt Kamakshi Kalyanasundaram and Sri Raghul Ravichandran is a confluence of three creative art forms (Music, Literature and Art) conceptualized and presented by like minded artists. Each composition is a humble offering and divine gratitude to the Supreme creator! #Abiramiandadi #AbiramiBhattar #Tamizh #Tirukkadaiyur #Jagatikriti