Odes to a Temple l Episode 6 l Kandakottam - Kandaswamy Temple l Ramakrishnan Murthy l MOPA

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Odes to a Temple is a docu-series that explores the rich heritage of India's deep South, a land of emerald rice fields and palm forests, dotted every few miles with magnificent temple towers. These temples, crafted by visionary rulers driven by faith, stand as some of the world's most remarkable stone treasures. Throughout history, revered seers and composers have dedicated songs and poems to the deities within, serving as a comprehensive encyclopedia of culture and spirituality. From ancient Saivite and Vaishnavite saints to the Carnatic Trinity of the 18th century, to modern-day composers, temple-inspired music remains central to Carnatic music. Each episode takes you through a temple, with a selection of songs rendered by ace Carnatic vocalist Ramakrishnan Murthy within the temple premises. The narration traces a Carnatic trail through the temple and highlights the harmonious interlacing of temple iconography, history, literature and music.
We begin with the temples of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu and heartland of Carnatic music today. Episode 6 features the Kandaswamy temple, located at Kandakottam in Chennai.
Songs featured in this episode:
orumaiyuDan (excerpt from deivamaNi mAlai) - rAgamAlikA - khaNDa gati Adi - Ramalinga Adigal (Vallalar) [03:42]
Kandar sharaNa pattu - rAgamAlikA - Adi - Ramalinga Adigal (Vallalar) [07:50]
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[@ganeshnatarajan6323]

Excellent. My father is working in this temple. He's now 73 years old. He came to Chennai when he was 22 and joined this temple. Muthukumaraswamy is keeping us all in his eyes and guarding us. Kandha Sharanam Sharanam Sharanam...🙏🙏🙏

[@renganathannarayanan9121]

Amazing voice

[@krishnamoorthy7259]

Fantastic.. Marvellous!!
மனமே உனக்கேன் இந்த வாட்டம்..
கண் எதிரே தெரியுது கந்தகோட்டம்!

[@shantaberg1033]

Beautiful vocal’s talented singer.

[@lakchanna8200]

What a wonderful voice, rich culture and most of all the determination to preserve our culture and arts!
Hats off to our Tamil brothers and sisters 👏👏👏👏👏

[@arjuns3621]

What else could a Bhaktha do to suffice the Almighty, rather than extol oneself in the Divinity and shed tears, one or two, on the Lotus-feet - Paadha Aravindham.
Tears just rolled from my eyes and relieved me from this materialistic world, for a moment.
RMK ji and MOPA......Dhanyosmi!! Big Fan!!
Kandha Charanam!!

[@SrirangaVaasi]

Fabulous 🎉🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Superb Song by Vallalar swamigal
Awesome singing at there itself

[@umaram2815]

Excellent singing & commentary

[@pinkblossom5280]

Wonderful singing!

[@AVishnuDev]

Except for the videoframe between 0:09-0:11, everything else is wonderful!

[@Janani_Kannan]

Agree 😂😂

[@hzmani2956]

Exactly 💯

[@milikanika6094]

Wonderful

[@swarnalathavenkataraman3824]

There is one more Kandaswamy temple in Tiruporur near Mahabalipuram

[@MAX0100B]

Mopau

[@umaram2815]

Wonderful singing & commentary