Having a swan as her vahana Holy Mother Gayatri is clad in spotless white. You are peace, awakening change, progress and incessant creative power………. You are the super-intelligent, bright light of life. RACHANAA, SHAKTI AKHAND Oh holy Mother Gayatri, you are the first to relieve pain, the first to satisfy and the first to bestow bliss. For one, BOTH are clad in spotless white and formless GAYATRI CHALISA The similarities of HETHAY and GAYATRI MATA are striking and too numerous to list, elaborate and explain. It is in Sanskrit and I do not understand most of them.The English translation makes a lot more sense. Recently I came across ‘GAYATRI CHALISA’, supposed to be the most powerful 40 verses of prayer along with GAYATRI MANTRA. I am a staunch believer of HETHAY Amma, the Badaga Godess. But I am a proud Hindu and consider all religions to be equal. I am not a very religious person in the ’strictest’ sense of the word. I will be grateful to any reader who can provide more info on Thanagaadu L.Krishnan and his songs so that we can immortalise his songs like that of Kerban Bella Gowder. Old timers will remember this song being referred to as ‘ Baby powder’a bekku endhagha, Bella na hennu en Janagi, Akka akka huttidha awai, ondhu jolia heghine baali’.
I remember listening to this dance number fifty years back, a song which was a must in any habba. One of the songs from the album, Priyaraghava has hosted in Cooltoad, is “Kundha Paala Roadu dhoge”…the original Badaga atta song. To say the least, the voice of L.Krishnan, is very unique and the more you listen to his songs, the more you want to listen. I have heard a lot about Thangaadu L.Krishnan, probably a contemporary of Kerban Bella Gowder, but only now had the opportunity to listen to his songs, courtesy Priyaraghava of Eddakkaadu. The voice quality of some of these streaming songs may not be good due to the original recording having been done on a tape recorder. It is with a great sense of honour and as a tribute to this gifted singer I have uploaded some of his BERADA BELLIE as well as KAARA CHENNE and other songs on the net so that all of us can listen to his golden voice. His savu songs would bring tears streaming down even in the hardest of hearts.Another, great contribution of Bella Gowder is his rendering of many Badaga Ballads - the best being ” BERADA BELLIE “ I had the great fortune of recording some of his songs when he had visited my home at Hubbathalai on a few occassions. Sadly, no songs were recorded in any studio. Just with a couple of his colleagues accompanying on the thambutte and jalra, he would sing while playing the harmonium. He was a much sought after singer in any function, be it a wedding, savu or anniversary. He could play harmonium, bull bull tara or ‘thambutte’ with equal elan, His greatest ability was to compose and render songs on the spot, some times suitably changing the verses to suit the occassion. I met him for the first time all most three decades ago. Over a period of time, I have listened to a lot of Badaga singers but the best in my opinion is KERBEN BELLA GOWDER who had a golden voice.
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