Sangita Acharya
Vakgeyakara, Vedic scholar, poet, composer, and exponent of the ancient traditions of Nama Sankeertanam and Hari-Katha — performing and teaching Karnataka Sangeetam across four continents since 1955.
Front & back covers · GIRI Publishers, 2024
A Tamil memoir on a decade of direct personal interactions with HH Maha-Periavā, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati — published in 2024 by GIRI Publishers, India.
Krishnan — a Vedic scholar, vāggͤeyakāra, lyricist, composer, journalist, and playwright with disciples around the world — has long been guided by his devotion to Paramachārya. During the silence of the COVID years, when only bhakti remained alive, the families joining his weekly Sat-Sangam Zoom asked him to write down what he had received at the holy feet of Periavā. This book, committed to paper with great truthfulness, is the result.
An English translation is currently in progress for release in the third quarter of 2026.
Daily devotional music and discourse.
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Recent performances, discourses, and devotional music.
55_Sri Rāmāyaṇa Saptãham - Meeting with Satsangam Family - 7th year commencement
55_Ramayana Saptaham - Grand Finale - Part 07/7 _Narayaneeyam_Dasakam_ 35_Thiruvaiyaru S R Krishnan
Goswami Jayadeva's Dasavathara Ashtapathy. ஜயதேவ ஸ்வாமியின் மாளவி ராகத்தில் தஶாவதார முதல் அஷ்டபதி
54_Sri Rama Caritam - Part 06_Narayaneeyam_Dasakam_ 35_Thiruvaiyaru S R Krishnan
Ashtapathy Dyana Slokam
53_Sri Rama Caritam - Part 05_Narayaneeyam_Dasakam_ 35_Thiruvaiyaru S R Krishnan
दूध पियो मेरे गोविंद लाल - Dootu Piyomere Govinda Lal - Naamdev Abangam
52_Sri Rama Caritam - Part 04_Narayaneeyam_Dasakam_ 34_Thiruvaiyaru S R Krishnan
Indian Fine Arts Academy, SD - 19th Annual Festival - March 28, 2026
51_Sri Rama Caritam - Part 03_Narayaneeyam_Dasakam_ 34_Thiruvaiyaru S R Krishnan
Explorations of the Vedas, Carnatic music, saints, and the philosophical traditions of India.
A reflection on the evolving Guru-Sishya tradition in Indian classical music — examining how the ancient gurukulam model of intimate, long-term discipleship is being transformed by modern technology, institutional education, and changing cultural values, and what this means for the future of Karnataka Sangitam.
An exploration of how Saint Tyagaraja wove the entire narrative of the Ramayana into his compositions — from the Utsava-sampradaya keertanams to the Divyanama-sankeertanams — creating a musical retelling of the epic that has been performed in the Sankeertana tradition for over two centuries.
An essay on how the classical arts of India — music, dance, and literature — have historically served as instruments of social cohesion, transcending barriers of caste, language, and region to unite communities in shared aesthetic and spiritual experience.
A 40-track Hari-Katha live performance through the Marathi Abhanga tradition — weaving together the lives and compositions of Saints Namdev, Gyaneshwar, Janabai, Eknath, Samartha Ramadas, and Tukaram. Press play on any track to listen in your browser.
A reflection on the evolving Guru-Sishya tradition in Indian classical music — examining how the ancient gurukulam model of intimate, long-term discipleship is being transformed by modern technology, institutional education, and changing cultural values, and what this means for the future of Karnataka Sangitam.
A reflection on the evolving Guru-Sishya tradition in Indian classical music. The article examines how the ancient gurukulam model — where disciples lived with and served their Guru for years, absorbing music through immersion rather than formal instruction — is being transformed by modern technology, institutional education, and changing cultural values. Drawing on personal experience spanning six decades as both disciple and Acharya, the author explores what is gained and what risks being lost as this millennia-old tradition adapts to the 21st century.
“In Kali Yuga, the Lord resides wherever His devotees sing His name.”
From the tradition of Nama Sankeertanam