A composition on Lord Narasimha | Toonilum turumbilum  | Raga Saraswati | Ravikiran
Channel: Ravikiran Creations and Collaborations
Date: 2020-05-07

The song by Ravikiran in the Indian Raga Saraswati, inspired by the popular saying "toonilum iruppar turumbilum iruppar" refers to the omnipresent - be it in the mighty pillar or in the microcosmic - Lord Vishnu incarnating himself as a completely unarmed Narasimha (without mentioning either name) and yet vanquishing the arrogance of the demon Hiranyakashipu. The symbolism of this piece, composed on 21 Mar, 2020 is of the Coronavirus, Covid 19 manifesting itself in a microcosmic, unarmed form and yet effortlessly vanquishing the arrogance of the human species.

Ravikiran premiered it as a pure solo recently in one of his Covid 19 Relief Online concerts. It has been released specially now, following Narasimha Jayanti celebrations a day earlier.  

Raga: Saraswati - Adi Tishra & Khanda Gati

P: toonilum tuRumbilum uRaindiDum karunA karanE
kANa varuvOrkkaruL parishuddhanE paripoorNanE

A: vANipati kalyANi patiyarum viyandiDa nirAyudha 
pAniyAhavE hiranyan Anavam azhittavanE

C: tAmasam rAjasam mudal kuRaihaL ilAda
tooya mAnasanAna bhakta prahlAdanai
tAmasam inRi pAlittadupOl engaLai 
kAppadum bhAramO ravi shashi nayananE

Hailed as "Mozart of India" (Wisconsin State Journal & Belgium TV) and known for his "Teasing precision & dazzling effects" (New York Times) and for "Taking Indian music to new audiences" (CNN), Ravikiran's maiden stage appearance was at age two, first vocal concert was at age 5 and first chitravina (21-string slide) concert was at age 12.  He has composed over 800 compositions including dance and orchestral works and has also set music to over 1400 compositions of other composers. Ravikiran has been decorated with a number of awards across the world for his contributions.