Mamavathu Sri Saraswathi by Padmashri Awardee Sangita Kalanidhi Smt Aruna Sairam @ Saarang 2015

Raga: Hindolam Tala: Adi - 8 beats Composer: Mysore Vasudevachar (1865 - 1961) Language: Sanskrit **Artists** Vocal: Aruna Sairam Violin: Padma Shankar Mridangam: Sai Giridhar Ghatam: S.V. Ramani Tambur: Girija **Lyrics** Mamavatu shri saraswathi kamakoti pitha vasini Komalakara saroja dhrta vina simatita vara vagvibhusana Rajadhi raja pujita carana rajiva nayana ramaniya vadana Madhyamakalam: sujana manoratha purana catura nijagala shobhita manimaya hara Aja bhava vandita vasudeva caranarpita sakala veda sara **Meaning** Protect me Shri Saraswathi! The One who lives in the seat of Kamakoti. Holding a Veena in your gentle lotus-like hands beyond limits bestower of beauty to speech. Whose feet are worshipped by kings and emperors with lotus-like eyes and a beautiful face. Swift to fulfil the wishes of the virtuous whose own neck is adorned by a jewelled necklace. Extolled by Brahma and Shiva - the essence of all Vedas, offered to your feet by Vasudeva.“ **About Aruna Sairam** Aruna Sairam (Padma Shri) is