Once upon a time the Goddess Saraswati seized a demon and used his body to make the world’s first veena. On this CD, Lakshmi Ranganathan takes up her great grandfather’s veena and gives us access to that other world.

MUTHUSWAMI DHIKSHITAR

Vinayaka stuti :

1. Hymn from Adi Sankara

Vathabi

MUTHIAH BHAGAVATAR

2. Jalandara

PATNAM SUBRAMANI IYER

3. Aparadhamulan

THYAGARAJA

4. Ninnuvina

5. Ragam, Thanam & ‘Samajavaragamana’

MAHARAJA SWATI THIRUNAL

6. Thillana

7. Bhajan « Vaishnawa janato » & « Raghupati ragava »