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		<title>Compositions of Dikshitar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kamalamba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navagraha]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 400 kritis with the Guruguha signature are in vogue today.  The Sangeeta Sampradaya Pradarshini written by Muthuswami Dikshitar&#8217;s direct musical descendant Subbarama Dikshitar  contains 229  of these kritis plus about 35+ nottusvara sahityas in the Prathamabhyasa pustakamu. Unlike other vaggeyakaras, Dikshitar had a larger picture in mind as he created his masterpieces. Looking at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=62&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vismaya Video on You Tube</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kanniks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dikshitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indo Celtic Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to the Vismaya Youtube Video. Posted in Dikshitar, Indo Celtic Music<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=57&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vismaya II Released</title>
		<link>http://vismayablog.wordpress.com/2008/10/24/vismaya-ii-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kanniks</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dikshitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nottusvara sahitya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Complete Set]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nottusvara sahityas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vismaya II]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The second and final volume of his CD recording ‘Vismaya – An Indo Celtic Musical Journey’ featuring the unique genre of nottusvara sahityas composed by Muthuswamy Dikshitar, one of India’s foremost classical music composers,  researched and produced by Kanniks Kannikeswaran was released at the Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University by Swami Dayananda Saraswati.  A number [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=55&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Special Music for Mother&#8217;s Day 2008</title>
		<link>http://vismayablog.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/special-music-for-mothers-day-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 12:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indo Celtic Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nottusvara sahitya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Raj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Galopede]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamalasana vandita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nottuswara]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We invite you to celebrate all that is embodied by the mother, on Mother&#8217;s day  by listening to this track KAMALASANA VANDITA from the album &#8216;Vismaya (Wonder!) &#8211; An Indo Celtic Musical Journey&#8217;.  This song (and others in this album) are original Sanskrit compositions of the legendary composer and singer, Sri Muthusvami Dikshitar.  Based on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=53&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The April lecture concert at Cincinnati</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indo Celtic Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpts from Dr. Catherine Roma&#8217;s speech at the lecture concert  &#8216;Vismaya &#8211; An Indo Celtic Musical Journey&#8217;   &#8220;In music, specifically, the word syncretic refers to music that comprises a mixture of diverse elements. Vismaya is a stunning example of a magnificient mixture of musics, concepts and cultures. The music itself fuses the Indian sound world [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=49&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Vismaya Cincinnati - Special Guest</media:title>
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		<title>CD Release &#8211; Bethlehem &#8211; Review</title>
		<link>http://vismayablog.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/cd-release-bethlehem-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kanniks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indo Celtic Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vismaya]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for such a wonderful lec-dem/presentation at Lehigh University on Saturday. It was not only informative and enjoyable, but also inspirational in that it helped me see how visionary figures go beyond man-made barriers. I am also most thankful to you for working so diligently on researching and presenting it in such a scholarly-authoritative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=48&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vismaya &#8211; Links</title>
		<link>http://vismayablog.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/vismaya-links/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Dikshitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indo Celtic Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muthuswami Dikshitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nottusvara sahitya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[santatam pahimam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vande Minakshi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Visit www.kanniks.com/vismaya_news_cd.htm More tracks are currently  http://cincivoice.blogspot.com <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=46&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guruguha Jayanti 2008</title>
		<link>http://vismayablog.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/guruguha-jayanti-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kanniks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[guruguha]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guruguha Jayanti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muthusvami Dikshitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muthuswami Dikshitar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dikshitar was born in the month of Panguni in the star of Kartika. The full moon in the month of Panguni occurs in the asterism of Uttiram. The 10 day Bhrahmotsavam that ends on this day commences on the day of Krittika or Kartikai. This is so with the Kapalisvara temple in Mylapore. It is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=44&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nottusvara Sahityas of Dikshitar Part III &#8211; Content and Significance</title>
		<link>http://vismayablog.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/nottusvara-sahityas-of-dikshitar-content-and-significance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Indo Celtic Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nottusvara sahitya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Celtic Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muthuswami Dikshitar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nottusvara sahityas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[svarasahitya]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An essay on the content and significance of the Nottusvara sahityas of Dikshitar. Kanniks Kannikeswaran gave a lecture-demonstration on this topic at the 81st Annual Conference of The Music Academy, Chennai in December 2007. All of the music of the svarasahityas is based largely on the Major Scale, which is the melodic scale of the raga Sankarabharanam. All [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=38&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nottusvara Sahityas of Dikshitar &#8211; Part II &#8211; Historical Context</title>
		<link>http://vismayablog.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/historical-context-of-the-nottusvara-sahityas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An essay on the historical context of the Nottusvara sahityas of Dikshitar. Kanniks Kannikeswaran gave a lecture-demonstration on this topic at the 81st Annual Conference of The Music Academy, Chennai in December 2007. Muthusvami Dikshitar (1775-1835) was born in Tiruvarur and a part of his early life was spent in Manali, near Chennai, where his family [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=vismayablog.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2859438&amp;post=37&amp;subd=vismayablog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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