Today September 16 2016 is 100th Birth Anniversary of M S Subbulakshmi
"...भास्वानुदेति विकचानि सरोरुहाणि
सम्पूरयन्ति निनदैः ककुभो विहङ्गाः ।
श्रीवैष्णवाः सततमर्थितमङ्गलास्ते
धामाश्रयन्ति तव वेङ्कट सुप्रभातम् ॥..."
(The Sun is rising; the lotuses have blossomed; the birds are twittering; the Sri Vaishnavas, always imploring auspiciousness, are waiting at Thy abode. Lord of Venkatachala! May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee...courtesy: Wikipedia)
For me, her rendition of 'Venkateshwara Suprabhatam' is timeless. It evokes the same feelings in me, fifty years after I probably first heard it.
"...भास्वानुदेति विकचानि सरोरुहाणि
सम्पूरयन्ति निनदैः ककुभो विहङ्गाः ।
श्रीवैष्णवाः सततमर्थितमङ्गलास्ते
धामाश्रयन्ति तव वेङ्कट सुप्रभातम् ॥..."
(The Sun is rising; the lotuses have blossomed; the birds are twittering; the Sri Vaishnavas, always imploring auspiciousness, are waiting at Thy abode. Lord of Venkatachala! May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee...courtesy: Wikipedia)
For me, her rendition of 'Venkateshwara Suprabhatam' is timeless. It evokes the same feelings in me, fifty years after I probably first heard it.
courtesy: The Artist and Amar Chitra Katha
(p.s. I normally post at 9 am but to honor 'Venkateshwara Suprabhatam', this post is released at 6 am)