Vanajaksha - Behag Varnam - S.Aishwarya & S.Saundarya

Composition: Vanajaksha
Composer : Prof. T R Subramaniam (TRS)
Ragam : Behag
Talam : Adi
Venue : Narada Gana Sabha
Date: Dec 29th 2019

Srimathi S.Aishwarya – Vocal
Kumari S.Saundarya – Vocal Support (and Tambura)
Dr M Narmadha – Violin
Sri M.S.Venkatasubramaniam – Mridangam
Kumari Samyuktha Sreeram – Ghatam
Video Credit : Narada Gana Sabha (NGS)

S Aishwarya & S Saundarya are one of the most popular duo's in Carnatic Music from the younger generation. Both of them are the Great Grand Daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi & the Grand Daughters of Dr Radha Viswanathan and indeed the torch bearers of the Unique MSS Bani.

Aishwarya began her first lessons directly from MS Amma and Radha
Viswanathan when she was hardly 4 years old on Vijayadashami Day.
The huge repertoire of songs which was part of the MS Bani, was painstakingly taught to Aishwarya by her Grandmother Dr Radha Viswanathan for a period of almost 20 years.

Aishwarya has also been learning from Karnataka Kalashree Vidushi Smt Jambu Kannan for the last 17 years. She is a proficient Veena player too training in the reputed Karaikudi style from Sri A Shankar Raman and Smt B Nagalakshmi.

Aishwarya has won various awards from many organisations most notably
being designated as the Ambassador of Classical Arts by the Connecticut State Assembly in 2016. She was named as the rising star of Carnatic Music by the AMN Global Group in March 2017. She has also won the Vocational Excellence Award from the Rotary Club of India and the Young Achiever Award from the A3 Foundation – Chandigarh in the year 2016.

S. Saundarya has been learning under the guidance of Sangitha Kala Acharya Smt Neela Ramgopal for 5 years. She is also training on the violin under the tutelage of Smt Anuthama Murali and Sri Vishwajith Mattur & is also training in Western Violin . Saundarya is an upcoming dancer too training in the Vazhuvoorar Bani under Smt Sumitra Nitin.

Both the sisters Aishwarya & Saundarya also learn Hindustani Music under Pandit Nagaraj Rao Havaldar and Sri Omkarnath Havaldar.

In Oct 2017 both the sisters Aishwarya & Saundarya were invited by the Indian Prime Minister Sri Narendra Modi to sing at his residence wherein they sang the composition “Maithreem Bhajatha” of Mahaperiaval of Kanchi which was composed for World Peace and sung at the United Nations in 1966 by Smt M S Subbulakshmi & Smt Radha Viswanathan.

Vanajaaksha Varnam
raagam: Behag

29 Dheera Sankarabharanam janya
Aa: S G3 M1 P N3 D2 N3 S
Av: S N3 D2 P M1 G3 R2 S
taaLam: Adi
Composer: Prof T R Subramaniam (TRS)
Language: Telugu
P: vanajAkSA ninnE nammiti nAmIda krpa jUDarA
A: sanakAdi muni sannuta pAdA svAmi shrI venkaTEshA brOvarAdA
C: sATilEni mArakOTi sundara rUpa