Thillai Ambalam | Bharatanatyam Shiva Shabdam | Lyrics & Meaning

Shabdam is a Bharatanatyam Item in which the Expressions (or Abhinaya) are introduced for the first time in the repertoire. The song (saahityam) is usually separated into stanzas and between each stanza, you'll have a simple Korvai (nritta steps). To read more about a Shabdam in Bharatanatyam, please click here.

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"Thillai Ambalam" is a Shabdam on Lord Shiva. This Shabdam depicts a female devotee, who is amazed and enamored by the dance of Lord Shiva and describes the myriad feelings and dreams that she experiences in the hopes of uniting with him. The 'Naayika' wonders if Lord Nataraja, the one who dances at the golden temple of Chidambaram, would ever realize her love and accept her as his own

Nee Uraippai Hanumane Lyrics | Arunachala Kavi Songs | Rama Natakam

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Arunachala Kavi was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music and considered to be one of the Tamil Trinity. He wrote Rama Natakam, a musical drama based on the Ramayana. The music for this musical was composed by two of Arunachala Kavi's disciples, Kothandarama Iyer and Venkatarama Iyer. The songs contain many Tamil proverbs and sayings. There are hundreds of songs and viruttams (songs sung without thaalam) in the Rama Natakam. Many of these songs are used for performing Bharatanatyam tales from Ramayana.

Nee Uraippai Hanumane is one if the many songs in Rama Natakam. The Hero Rama speaks to Hanuman and asks him to specify few incidents when he meets Sita, so that she will not suspect him.

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