An audio CD containing Saint Manickavasagar’s Thiruvempavai and Thirupalliezhuchi , immortal hymns set to Carnatic music by K. Sankaranarayanan of Srivilliputhur, was launched here on Sunday.
S.S. Badrinath, chairman emeritus of Sankara Nethralaya, launched the CD which has songs rendered by vocalist Sangeetha Sivakumar. The first copies were received by Prabha Sridevan, former judge of Madras High Court, and N. Ram, chairman of Kasturi & Sons Limited.
Ms. Sridevan praised Dr. Sankarayanarayanan’s family for bringing out the CD.
Mr. Ram said there was a need for scholars to throw more light on some of the gaps in the historical knowledge of Manickavasagar and others like him.
The CDs have been brought out by Swati Soft Solutions and are priced at Rs. 200 each.
Twenty songs of Thiruvempavai and 10 songs of Thirupalliezhuchi have been set to Carnatic ragas