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Vatapi Ganapatim praises the god Ganesha "Vatapi Ganapatim" is a part of the series of hymns called Shodasha Ganapati kritis, a collection of songs dedicated to sixteen Ganesha icons located in shrines around Dikshitar's birthplace Thiruvarur. [1]
The icon of Vatapi Ganapati is currently enshrined in a secondary shrine in the temple complex of Uthrapathiswaraswamy Temple. As per oral tradition, the icon of Vatapi Ganapati was brought booty from the Chalukyan capital of Vatapi (presently known as Badami in northern Karnataka) by Paranjothi, the commander-in-chief of the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (reign: 630–668 CE), following the ...
Muthuswami Dikshita (IAST: Muttusvāmi Dīkṣita, 24 March 1775 – 21 October 1835) or Dikshitar was a South Indian poet and composer and is one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music.
Major Kannada musicians worked with him are Hamsalekha, R. Sudarsanam, S. A. Rajkumar, V.Manohar, Upendrakumar and Gurukiran. He is one of the favourite singers of ace musician and lyricist Hamsalekha. He often records songs with him, and the duo has produced a number of hit songs. He also sang for a number of devotional songs in Kannada.
Vathapi Ganapathim: Hamsadhwani: Adi Muthuswami Dikshitar: Shankaracharyam Shankarabharanam: Adi Subbarama Dikshitar: Ragam Tanam Pallavi: Anandabhairavi: Adi - Thaye Yashoda: Thodi: Adi Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi: Karuna Cheivan Yadukula Kambhoji: Adi Irayimman Thampi
Vatapi Ganapatim is regarded his best-known work. [citation needed] Shri Nilotpala Nayike, in the raga Reethigowlai. A composition by Muthuswamy Dikshitar. The rendition was part of the Smt Kalpakam Swaminathan memorial concert at Naada Inbam, Chennai. Muthuswami Dikshitar composed one song (Shri Kantimatim Shankara Yuvatim Shri Guruguhajananim ...
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He was famous for his renderings of "Vathapi Ganapathim" by Mutthuswamy Dikshitar and "Vinayaka Ninnu vina" by E. V. Ramakrishna Bhagavathar, both in the ragam Hamsadhwani. It was after hearing his rapid rendition of Vathapi that his father placed him under formal music training.