Compositions of Chitravina N Ravikiran
Chitravina N Ravikiran (born 1967) is a prodigious musician and prolific composer. Ravikiran has handled various traditional Carnatic forms like kriti, varnam, tillana, javali and padam as well as North Indian forms like bhajans and folk forms like chindu. He has also innovated a form called swarakrti. He is also a rare example of a composer to have used five languages – Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. Most of his compositions include the signature phrase (mudra), Ravi-Shashi and a few rare ones sport the word, Ravikiran. He has also composed practice forms for students such as geetams. Some of his popular compositions are included here.
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Sankatahara – Malayamarutam – MIshra Chapu - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his composition Sankatahara, in the raga Malayamaruta, set to Misrachapu talam.
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Tillana - Katyayani – Roopakam - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Learn the beautiful Thillana composition of guru Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran, in the Raga Katyayani set to Roopakam.
Notation for the tillana can be found here
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Dehamenduku - Saranga - Chitravina N Ravikiran
This is a composition in Raga Saranga, set to Rupaka Tala, composed and taught by Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran
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Tillana - Begada - Roopakam - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Learn the beautiful Thillana composition of Guru Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran, in the Raga Begada set to Roopakam.
The notation can be found here
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Mam pahi - Todi - Adi Tala - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Guru Chitravina Ravikiran teaches his composition in Raga Todi, Mam pahi, set to adi tala, which has a unique structure where the anupallavi is composed in 4 speeds.
The notation can be found here
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Moha mataladi - Vasanta - Adi - Chitravina N Ravikiran - Javali
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Guru Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his own composition, a javali, Moha mataladi, in the raga Vasanta.
The notation can be found here.
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Kalanidhim Bhajami-Kalanidhi - Roopakam - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches his composition in the rare raga Kalanidhi, Kalanidhim Bhajami, set to roopaka tala.
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72 mela ragamalika geetham
This is the geetham in 72 mela ragamalika, set to Adi tala, composed and taught by Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran.
Please find the notation here.
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Tirumaname - Ragamalika - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his composition Tirumaname, in ragamalika, set to Adi tala.
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Tillana - Kapi - Adi(Tishra gati) - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches his composition in the raga Kapi, set to Trishra nadai Adi Tala. The song can be heard here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6rtRQ6zyc4Tillana - Kapi - Adi Tishra Gati
P: taka dheemta tana dheem dhiranA dhr dhr tOmta dAni
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Tillana - Sarasangi - Adi - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Learn the Tillana in the raga Sarasangi set to Adi tala composed and taught by Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran.
268 Tillana - Sarasangi - Adi
This piece focuses on patterns of 7s in several ways but not always in a calculated, arithmetic centric manner.
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Mohanangi - Mohanam - Mishra Chapu - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Learn the beautiful composition in the raga mohanam composed and taught by Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran set to Mishra Chapu.
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Introduction to Bhajana Marga Sampradaya by Udayalur Dr K Kalyanaraman
In this session, Udayalur Dr K Kalyanaraman introduces the Bhajana Marga Sampradaya.
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Shree Ganeshwara - Revagupti - Mishra Chapu - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Sree Ganeshwara in the raga Revagupti.
Lyrics for this composition can be found here
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Kalyaname – Punnagavarali – Khanda Chapu – Chitravina Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches a composition Kalyaname in the raga Punnagavarali, set to Khandachapu.
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Rama Rama - Poorvi Kalyani - Chitravina Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga composition, Rama Rama, in the raga Poorvikalyani set to Trishra Nade Adi tala.
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Prem karo - Rasali (Hindi) - Chitravina Ravikiran- Bhajana Marga Krtis
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Prem Karo, in the rare raga Rasali.
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Gowri Maha Kaali - Maand - Bhajana Marga Kriti - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Gowri Maha Kaali, in the raga Maand. Lyrics can be found here
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Jayatu jayatu - Nadanamakriya - Bhajana Marga Kriti - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Jayatu Jayatu Venkatesha, in the raga Nadanamakriya.
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Narayana - Punnagavarali - Bhajana Marga Kriti - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Narayana in the raga Punnagavarali set to Adi tala. Lyrics can be found here
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Rama rama - Jhunjhooti - Adi - Chitravina Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a Bhajana Marga Kriti, Rama rama in the raga Jhunjhooti. Lyrics can be found here
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Jaya jaya shankara - Shankara - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Jaya Jaya Shankara, in the rare raga Shankara.
Lyrics can be found here
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Ramachandra - Hamirkalyani - Bhajana Marga Kriti - Chitravina N Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a bhajana marga kriti, Ramachandra, in the raga Hamirkalyani. Lyrics can be found here
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Rama rama rama - Sindhubhairavi - Adi - Chitravina Ravikiran
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Ravikiran teaches a Bhajana Marga Kriti Rama rama rama in the raga Sindhubhairavi, set to Adi tala trishra gati. Lyrics can be found here
