Mysore/Mysuru: The Kamalamba Navavarana Kritis composed by Shri Muthuswami Dikshitar are among the most precious treasures in Karnatak classical music. These are set in praise of Goddess Kamalamba of Tiruvarur, representing the Divine Mother of the Universe and are based on Advaitic School of Vedanta, Srividya Upasana and the elements of Tantric rituals. 

These outstanding compositions, intellectually woven in deep devotion of Mother Goddess are testimony to the mastery over musical and lyrical skills and Sanskrit language of Deekshitar and his dedication to Sri Vidya, Sri Chakra and worship of its avaranas. There are nine such krithis and traditionally they are rendered with a dhyana krithi (invocation) in the beginning and a mangala krithi at the end.  

Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha Charitable Trust, Mysuru, will be premiering a Navavarana Krithi daily at 7.30 am during Navarathri festival starting from Oct. 16 on its Facebook page at Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha Charitable Trust, Mysore. 

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5duKEUSvk8XXBra6TWQnSA]. These majestic compositions, which require mastery over the art to perform, are rendered mostly by the promising young artistes of the next generation along with a few senior artistes, with suitable accompaniments. 

Vidwan and Vidushis Archana L. Rao, Medha Manjunath, Aishwarya Manikarnike, Bellary M. Raghavendra, Anirudh Bhat, Mahati Raghuram, Prithvi Bhaskar, S. Chaitrika, Madhuri Koushik, Harini Ramesh and  G.R. Ananya have rendered the compositions, supported by young instrumentalists from Mysuru.      

Music-lovers are requested to support the initiative of the Sabha, according to a press release from Vid. H.K. Narasimhamurthy, Hon. Secretary of the Sabha [Ph: 0821-2512422].