Contents: 1. Introduction - Sri Kamalamba Navavarna Krithis and Muthuswami Dikshithar 2. Kamalamba Navavarnam – Day 1-A; Vinayaka Sthuthi...

Sri. Muthuswami Dikshithar was a great Devi Upasaka and well versed in all aspects of Sri Vidya Upasana. Out of his devotion to Sree...

We begin the ‘Kamalamba Navavarana krithis’ of Sri. Muthuswami Dikshithar; the first day is only for the (1) Vinayaka Sthuthi and (2)...

The second composition we have to listen today is a Subramanya sthuthi. Both the Vinayaka and Subramanya sthuthis are to be sung prior to...

The Kamalamba Navavarana kritis are works of musical and poetic excellence. They are adorned with sublime music, intellectual...

The corresponding Dikshithar composition for the First Avaranam is “KamalAmbA Samrakshatu MAm” in ragam Ananda Bhairavi. This...

Muthuswami Dikshithar has composed “Kamalambam bhajare re manasa” in ragam Kalyani, on the second Avaranam. This is evidenced by the...

The composition of Sri. Dikshithar on Goddess of the 3rd avaranam is “SrI kamalAmbikayA kaTAkshitO(a)haM”, set to ragam Sankarabharanam...

We have come to the fourth Avaranam; the corresponding composition of Dikshithar, being “kamalAmbikAyai kanakAMSukAyai” in the very...

Tha Panchama Avarana keerthanam in the series is “SrI kamalAmbikAyAH paraM nahirE rE citta” in ragam Bhairavi and in the panchama...

“kamalAmbikAyAstava bhaktO(a)haM” is the Dikshithar krithi on the 6th Avaranam – Antardasara; this is set to ragam Punnagavarali and is...

“SrI kamalAmbikAyAM bhaktiM karOmi” – composed in ragam Sahana, by Muthuswami dikshithar, this composition represents the 7th Avaranam...

The Ashtamavarana krithi by Muthuswami Dikshithar is “Sree Kamalambike avava” in ragam Ghanta, and in the eighth vibhakthi (sambodhana...

“Sree Kamalamba jayathi” – Dikshithar krithi on the 9th and last Avaranam; the Bindu of the Sri Chakra – “Sarvanandamaya chakra”- where...

We have seen the details of the compositions of Sri. Muthuswami Dikshithar on the Nine Avaranams and also listened to some excellent...