Music. Heart stopping. Mind blowing. Yet peaceful. Serene. Orgasmic bliss. Gives one an i-can-take on, conquer-anything, i-am-above-this, floating, floating, spinning, out-of-body experience.
Haven’t been writing for a while. Ideas bubble, brim, spill over, and when night falls, exhaustion and a couldn’t care less attitude sets in.
But yesterday. Yesterday, was a multisensory overload. In a great way.
Sangeethotsavam/Sangeeth Utsav/SU2019.
Beautiful children.
Beautiful adults.
Dressed in their Indian best.
Music. Percussion. Strings. Wind. Instruments of all sorts.
Children 4 years up.
Rose at 4am to attend a housewarming. Went on to SU 2019 Yuvabharathi/youth concerts.
My juniors, budding baby vainikas, performed two simple yet meaningful beautiful compositions of poet saint Sri Thyagaraja Swami. Seniors performed two more, one of which is a rare composition. My daughter, an NZCMS graduate performed a mini solo kutcheri.
Got home, heated leftovers in fridge for family.
Rested for 20 mins.
Got ready, left again for evening concerts.
Day 1. Malladi Brothers. Violin accompaniment young genius violin virtuoso Sri Vittal Rangan. Legendary Mridhangam maestro Sri KV Prasad.
And so, returning to my initial words. What an evening, what a day.
Krithis, composers, bhajans, ragas, thalas. Music, Musician, Rasika. Blended, Merged into One
Energised, Rejuvenated, Happy, Serene, Blissful State of Being.
This is a two saree post. Me in my daytime saree, and my evening-night saree without me. (Pulled it off without a capture).
Daytime saree is a golden bodied, double bordered gold, royal blue and bright pink. Pallu is a work of art, elephants, cows.
Placid cows and Elephants marching to where I decide to take them. Gifted by a friend during Navarathri golu visits.
Evening forgotten capture is a purplish two toned Vaira Oosi kanjivaram silk, gifted by husband 25+ years ago. Buttis of gold on body of varying sizes. Midnight blue and gold borders and pallu.
Watch this space for day 2, 3 of SU2019 and Sarees of the day.
Bavani’s Happy Place 