Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha 127th year Sri Rama Navami Celebrations - Day 1

Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha's 127th year Sri Rama Navami Celebration started on 11th April 2013 morning began with Ganapathi Homam headed by Sri Dinakara Sharma, Sri Venkatesa Sastri & Sri Pichumani Sastri. On that day evening Sri Kamakshmi Mandali Naama Sankirthanam headed by Kalaima mani Thanjavur Janaki Subramaniam mesmerises listeners with her beautiful and simple bhajans. Local people gathered and  got the blessing of Sri Rama.

 

Article Published in The Hindu about the sad demise of Sri Sarabha Sastri dated 7-April-1904

Sri Sarabha Sastri - The Hindu dated 5th September 1923

Sarabha Sastri - Article Published in Hindu dated 4th September 1923

Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha - 127th Year Sri Rama Navami Utsavam

Dear Readers,
We are happy to invite you all for the 127th year Sri Rama Navami Utasavam @ Kumbakonam Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha from 11-4-2013 to 24-4-2013. Please come & get the darshan & blessings of Sri Rama!!!

The Magical Flute of Sri Sarabha Sastri !!!

We are preserving the Avathara Purushan of 19th century Sri Sarabha Sastrigal's flute for more than 100 years. Thanks to Late Balaji Mama (God father of present generation) who approached Sastri Ji cousin's and got it back to Sabha. Thanks to Sastri family members who generously donated the million dollar flute to Sabha.

I have taken the photo using my mobile. Will upload a better one in future :-)

The holes in the flutes are so close & the present generation musicians will find very difficult to use it.

Jai Sri Ram!!!

Pranam to Maha Pariyava!!!

Pariyava Visited our Mutt in the year 1956 during Mahamaham festival & delivered a speech on Sri Sarabha Sastri and his contribution towards classical music. He also told how Sastri Ji mastered himself with Veda Sastram, Kannadam, Sanskrit, Marati and in ragas. He facilitated the local residence & encouraged to continue the service to Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha & to Sri Sarabha Sastri.

The below photo of Maha Pariyava is preserved in our mutt for several decades :-)

Article Published in Cauveri Magazine in the Year 1955

Our Contact Details

Dear Readers,

People who want to contribute to this blog can mail us and who want to contribute to the corpus fund for Mutt day to day expenses & Yearly celebrations or in any form of gesture towards mutt can reach us.

Sri R. Sethuraman,

Secretary - Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha & Sarabha Sastrigal Memorial Trust,
Email id- sethu_athreya@yahoo.co.in & athreya85@gmail.com

Phone # 0435-2422517 & +91-9791169497 & 9952999925

The Hindu- Dated 22nd OCT 1993 by Sri Sethurama Sharma

Article Published in Trisakthi Magazine - About Rama Bhajanai Sabha & Sarabha Sasri

About Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha and Sri Venuganam Sarabha Sastri

Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha

                 Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha, Kumbakonam founded and nurtured by none other than the famous Venuganam Sri Sarabha Sastrigal about 125 years ago occupies a unique place among various cultural and service organisations.

                 Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha, Kumbakonam remains committed to its vision of being the premier Sabha that serves the cultural and religious needs of the Hindu society of current and future generations and be the hub of vibrant culture and service oriented programs. With the grace of lord Sri Rama, the sabha is progressing towards this vision by celebrating Sri Rama Navami Utasavams, Sri Radha Kalyana Mahotsavam every year, Sri Kanchi Kamakoti peetam Maha Pariyava Jayanthi, Bhajans on every Ekadasi days, organising lectures on Srimath Vlamiki Ramayana, bhagavadham etc and offering community services including Annadhanams during festivals.

                Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha is a registered cultural organisation and managed by a team of committed office bearers headed by 

Sri S. Natarajan, CA ( President)
Srividhya Rathnam Sri Dinakara Sarma (Vice President) & others


Venuganam Sri Sarabha Sastrigal

              Sri Sarabha Sastrigal was born in the year 1872 to Sri Viswanatha Sastri & Smt. Dharmambal. He had a very auspicious start in music in a congenial atmosphere, though he lost his eye sight at a very young age of 3 years. He was initiated in music under his maternal uncle Sri Kuppusamy Sastri of Thiruvadi near Thiruvaiyaru and in the later years Manambuchavadi Sri Venkatasubba Iyer, one of the disciples of saint Sri Thiyagaraja. Sri Sarabha Sastrigal also learned the intricacies of flute from Sri Govindha Nayanakarar. The credit of promoting the flute to the status of a primary concert instrument belongs to Sri Sarabha Sastrigal alone.

            Sri Sarabha Sastrigal has also composed more than 500 Sahityas especially for Nayanmar charithrams, in various languages. Harikatha vidwan Soolamangalam Sri. Vaidhyanatha Bhagavathar used to handle Sri Sarabha Sastri's Sahityas in his discourses.

            Palani Krishna Iyer, Ghatam Vidwan, Pudukkottai Mampoondiya Pillai, Dakshnamoorthy Pillai, Tiruvaiyaru Sri Subramaniya Iyer, Tirukodikaval Sri Krishna Iyer, Tirumarugal Sri Natesa nayanakarar, Ettayapuram Sri Ramachandra Bhagavathar, Srimathi Dhanam ammal are some of the contemporaries of Sri Sarabha Sastrigal. Sangeetha Kalanithi, Palladam Sri Sanjeeva Rao was one of the leading disciples of Sri Sarabha Sastri, Like Adi Sankara, Swami Vivekananda & Maharaja Swathi Tirunal, Sri Sarabha Sastrigal died at the young age of 33 years in the year 1904 at Kumbakonam.

          A trust under the name and style of "Venuganam Sri Sarabha Sastrigal Memorial Trust" has been formed & functioning, organising music, cultural & service oriented programs & the trust is managed by leading personalities. The trust has recently renovated the ground floor of Sri Rama Bhajanai Sabha premises at an estimated of INR 30 lacks & currently 1st floor is under construction at the estimated of 5 lacks. We appeal all of you to donate liberally for the speedy completion of the construction of first floor.