Tag Archives: High Culture

Happy Sri Rama Navami (2015)

March 28, 2015UncategorizedACP, Dharma, Festivals, Greetings, High Culture, Ramayana, Traditionsadmin

Sri Rama Navami Subhakaankshalu. Happy Sri Rama Navami. May this blessed day of Bhagavan Rama’s Birth and Marriage bring tidings of happiness, prosperity, and blessedness. Let the message of Maryada Purushottam, the Shiromani of the Raghus, the Best of …

[Reprint Post] The Meaning Of Rama Rajya in Song

March 27, 2015UncategorizedCinema, Dharma, Festivals, High Culture, Music, Ramayana, Teluguadmin

Modern day Cinema is all about love, hate, factions and politics. A scene in a park and a song in Bangkok is all we see. Rarely we find a song that conveys a social message. In good olden days,

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Literature: Satavahana Hala’s Gathasaptasati

February 12, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Elite, High Culture, India, Literature, Poetry, RomanceN.R.I.pathi

Having previously commenced our study of Classical Indic Literature, we now take our first look at Classical Indic Poetry. Appropriately, our first selection is from Andhra itself and dates back to the glorious Empire of the Satavahanas. This …

Nilambari’s Kutcheri: A Primer on Carnatic Music

January 31, 2015UncategorizedCarnatic, High Culture, Music, TraditionsNilambari

This is a post on the structure of a Carnatic music Kutcheri (a traditional musical performance gathering) accompanied by a virtual kutcheri that I have put together.

The kutcheri format as we know it today is said to have started …

Personalities: Yamini Krishnamurti

January 21, 2015UncategorizedAndhra, Dance, High Culture, India, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

One of the great artistic luminaries of Andhra Dance is Yamini Krishnamurti.

Skilled in both Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam, she is most famous for her achievements in the latter. Indeed, some have even remarked that “Yamini was not …

Personalities: Thyagaraja

December 17, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, High Culture, India, Music, Personalities, Teluguadmin

“Greatest Classical Composer”, “Indefatigable Interpreter of the Past”, “Incarnation of Valmiki”. These are just some of the many praises and titles attached to Sri Thyagaraja.

Thyagaraja or Thyagayya (as he is known to us Telugus), is one of the …

Classical Indic Literature I: Literary Theory

November 20, 2014UncategorizedDharma, Elite, High Culture, India, Literature, SanskritN.R.I.pathi

At long last, we touch on Literature proper here at the Andhra Cultural Portal.

The importance and impact of this aspect of Indian Civilization and Andhra Culture cannot be minimized. After all, the stories, heroes & heroines, great romances, beautiful …

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