Carnatic Links

Learn from Neyveli Santhanagopalan
Neyveli Santhanagopalan needs no introduction to Carnatic listeners. He is well known for singing with bhakti, laya, bhAva, along with the elements to make the music more enjoyable... His concerts of early 90s still ring in my ears. He happens to be a good guru as well and he regularly visits other countries outside India and provides personalized attention to the remote students...

Interested students are encouraged to contact him. His contact details are at: http://www.neyveli.indiamusicinfo.com/contact.htm
 
Sangeethapriya.org
A volunteer supported, concert music exchange where anyone can freely download the music files. Many of them are quite good quality and by hard-to-find yesteryear vidwans.
Carnatica.com
Another high profile site, like Sangeetham.com, maintained by leading carnatic vocalist S. Sowmya and Sasikiran - also from a well-known music family. Their Music Season 2002 review of various concerts were good.
It has: Extensive coverage on Chennai carnatic news events, Editorials, Historical information, and Tie-up with local news agency chennaionline.com.
 
T.M. McComb's Carnatic page
One of the oldest websites on Carnatic music website. Has information about composers, their kritis, and the links.
 
Mohan Ayyar's Carnatic corner
One of the oldest and reference websites on Carnatic music. Very well organized and frequently updated.
 
Guruguha.org
Maintained by Narayanan, London and Vidya, Detroit. Has extensive information on Dikshitar: Life history, Articles, Audio on Rare kritis, etc... A must pilgrimage for Dikshitar fans.

Other Relevant Links

My Bookmarks
My bookmarks at the social book manager, del.icio.us, that is constantly updated and is up to date.
 
Shaivam.org
This page is dedicated for the worship of Lord Shiva, Shaivite philosophies and Hinduism (sanAthana dharma). It is a de-facto portal for Hinduism, in general.
 
Kaumaram.com
Site dedicated to Kaumaram: Sect of Lord Subhramanya. Has slokas in Sanskrit and Tamil, information about temples around the world, Audio of slokas, etc...
 
Sirkali.org
Sirkazhi Govindarajan's home page, maintained by his grandson. Contains video and audio bites of this popular singer.
 
Vallalar.org
Sri Ramalinga Adigalar's (also known as Vallalar) complete works site. Has all 6 tirumurai's in Tamil. You need Murasu Anjal font to view them.
 
The Thevara Tirutalangal Page
This site houses information on location, deities, and other relevant details about close to 275 South Indian temples of Lord Siva. These temples are known as Thevara tiruthalangal as these temples were visited by one or many of the 63 Nayanmaars - Saivaite Saints. Nayanmaars, in particular Appar, Sambandar, Sundarar and Manikka Vachagar, sang the praise of Lord Siva in various hymns at several temples and these hymns are collectively known as "The Thevaram".
 

This page will be periodically updated. Please let us know if any of these links need to be updated...

Last Updated: May 2006