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Many of these articles were written by scholars in Carnatic Music - Sri T. S. Parthasarathy, Dr. R. Krishnaswamy (populalry known as Dr.R. K. - founder and President of Sadguru Sangeetha Samajam, Chenna)i and his revered brother, R. Sreenivasan. I am thankful to Dr. R. K.'s daughters, Dr. R. K. Vimala and Dr. Lakshmi Murali for allowing me to digitalize the original manuscripts and presenting them on this site.

Biography of Thyagaraja Swami	Utsava Sampradaya Kritis	On Ego and Rituals	On Knowledge	Other Music-related Articles
The Poet	Kshetra Kritis	On Sangeetha and Bhakthi	On music and salvation	The Music of Hindostan
Advaitist or Vishistadvaitist?	The Operas	On Grammar and Emotions	On Virtue	Abhang
Musical Genius	Divya Nama Kritis	On Prayer	Navarasas	Saptharathna Pancharathna
Musicology	The Pancharathnas	On Nadopasana	On Music and Morality	Haridasa's Sahitya
Thyagaraja's Message				Ganapathaye Namaha
				Panchalinga Sthala Kritis

Spirituality and the Arts

Whenever there is talk of the spirituality of Indian music and dance, there is always one bunch of cynics who insist that there is no spirituality left in the arts, Click to read the full article

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