Chitravina Ravikiran's Shruti layam - Dhavalambari - Roopakam | Sowmya Acharya

"Shruti Layam" is a beautiful composition by Chitravina N Ravikiran in the Raga Dhavalambari, set to Roopakam, praising the goddess of learning, Saraswathi. The special feature of the song is the repetitive theme of lyrics being seated 3/4 from the starting beat, illustrating the beauty of such a concept. Lyrics for this composition are included below:

P
shruti layam iNaiya bhAratiyE dayai purivAi

A
mati nayam mihunda vAkpati vANi dhavaLAmbari

C1
patita pAvani saraswati suhAsini [i) yum nee] ii) kalA-
vati ena diDhamuDan tudittiDum nallOrku
gatiyum unnatiyum samskrtiyum nimmadiyum nee
satatamum mana dEha hitamuDan shol valimai enum

C2
sakala Agamam tarum su-kamala bhavan sakhi
akaramAdi ezhuttoli shikharamE ravi shashi
shuka parAshararum shaunakarum nAradarum kow-
shikar mudal pOTriDum nAyakiyE shubha dAyakiyE

C3
antarangattil tuLir nal chintanaihaL yOjanaihaL
sontamAna karpanai paryantamAha viLangiDa ja-
gam tanil nirantaram nalamtanai purindiDa a-
nanta kOTi vandanaihaL en tuNai irundaruLvAi

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A graded vocalist of All India Radio, Sowmya Acharya is a disciple of Maestros Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran and Acharya Ratnakara Chitravina N. Narasimhan. She has also learned from Smt Anuradha Sridhar and Shri Chitravina Ganesh in her earlier training. Blessed with a melodious and vibrant voice, Sowmya’s musical training started at the early age of 6 and her musical career was formally launched in 1997 under the guidance of Vidwan Shri C.N Thyagaraju where she performed a critically acclaimed 3.5 hour marathon performance at Singapore with stalwart accompanists.

Sowmya has since performed at several prestigious venues across USA, Singapore and India including the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, Singapore Fine Arts, Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Chennai, Chennaiyil Tiruvaiyaru, Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai Fine Arts and Unnati, Bangalore. She has also released an audio album of Bharatiyar compositions.