Summary:
To celebrate the birth centenary of T.
K.
Mahalingam Pillai (TKM), family, friends, gurus and disciples gathered at Shanmukhananda Auditorium, Mumbai, recently. Varnam ‘Dhanike’ in Todi (Rupakam), edited to 12 minutes, original recording in the voices of Guru TKM and Guru Govindraj Pillai with the live playing of cymbals by Guru Kalyanasundaram and Guru Vasant Kumar was brisk and beautiful. “Guru Stotram’ was followed by three Kauthuvams on Ganesha, Subrahmanya and Nataraja and traditional invocations of Sri Rajarajeswari. Some disciples of Guru TKM, offered individual tribute by performing from his repertoire. It is divine diktat that the Rajarajeswari family carries the baton..