Started learning Carnatic Music at the age of 9. My parents say – I started singing at the age of 1 
. Started learning Violin at the age of 9, got the CCRT scholarship (Central Govt.) at the age of 14. Have won multiple prizes at the school and University levels in Carnatic Violin and Vocal streams.
Graduated in Carnatic Music from the Universtity of Kerala as a rank holder, disciple of most respected Dr. K Omanakutty, Sri. Perumbavoor G Raveendranath, Sri. R.K. Remakanth (Bangalore) in Carnatic vocal & Sri. Salsan, Sri. Kilimanoor R Thyagarajan in Carnatic Violin streams.
Currently living in Plano-Texas, exploring further depths of the subject.
I enjoy learning, performing and teaching my favourite subject – Music!.
Excellent!, Good luck with your portal!
- Prasanth
Good work. Well begun is half done. Way to go…
best wishes
I am very new to music, so this question may seem silly, but why are there different sets in Sarali Varisai? I have gone through many sites on the internet and my notes and everyone of them seem to have their own combination within their set. Your clarifications will be of great help for a confused novice like me.
Thanks in advance,
Vani
Vani,
Sorry for the delay in response. I overlooked the notification for this comment.
Sarali Varisas are meant for practice and their purpose is to get thorough with the notes. As i understand, there is no definitive list of Sarali/Janta varisas but it exists for Tarasthayi/Madhyasthayi varisas. Different combinations of notes are very much possible as long as they comply to the raga Mayamalavagaula.
Thanks,
Karthika
I love Carnatic music and learned it in my childhood, but I am not at all familiar with the basic theory of carnatic music. I really apprecaite your work and time you are spending on this portal. As with Zero knowledge on basics I get lot of questions, and sometimes I get the answers from these music realted blogs and portals. When I go back and practice my lessons I get confused with the swaras. How do we differentiate R1 with R2 while singing. Can you please uplo an audio file with the variations of the swaras like R1vs. R2 G1vs.G2 etc.
Best Regards,
Sreedevi
Good to know about your interest in Music.
Keep exploring the subject. I will upload the audio clips soon.
Good Luck!
Thanks,
Karthika
fantastic.,ideal ascending work that any one can follow. giving knowledge is the best way to study and to become more familiar to it. you are doing it from the begining. keep it up. Best wishes and blessings
Many thanks Karthika for your kind efforts, we regularly visit your site for reference.
Kind regards,
Aditi (London)
Karthika, your videos on you tube and on this site are great and help me a lot in practicing… Keep up the good work and stand up as an inspiration for beginners like me …
Thank you very much
Harshitha
Thank you Harshita. Good luck!
- Karthika
Karthika..
Excellent !!.
Thank you so much for your kind efforts..
Mrs. Anu John
Bangalore
the songs are really a perfect guide for the beginners in music. wish you all good success to release more songs in your honey pouring sweet voice.