RAVIKIRAN's "The Indestructible" | Prayer to SUDARSHANA | Victory of Positive Forces over Negative
Channel: Ravikiran Creations and Collaborations
Date: 2019-08-15

1. Ravikiran's “INDESTRUCTIBLE - Vairi mada nashana” is perhaps the only full Indian Classical Music song exclusively on Shri Sudarshana. It was inspired by Shri Vedanta Deshika’s Sudarshana Ashtakam, whose opening phrase, “prati bhaTa shrENi bheeShaNa” forms the beginning of one of this song’s sections. 

2. It is a prayer for Victory of Positive Forces of every type over Negative ones. It has been performed by a talented army of musicians, several of who are sought-after performers and educators.

3.  It is also a tribute to all true heroes - social, political, sports and artistic champions as well as millions of unsung heroes of the Armed Forces, Police Forces, Investigative Agencies, Doctors & Health Care workers who tirelessly ensure our safety, prosperity and health.

4 The instrumentation, occasionally peppered with war drums is suggestive of the valour and energy of armies just as some of the visuals,  (which are general shots and not intended to spotlight any country).  But the composer Ravikiran is a deep rooted non-confrontationalist who is against *unprovoked attacks* of any kind and has dedicated much of his life to promote inter-cultural harmony.  

5. At a philosophical level, this song is also a prayer for the Positive to conquer the Negative *within the minds of each one of us*. 
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ARTISTS LIST:  VOCAL:  

Akshaya Ganesan (Milwaukee)
Anahita Ravindran (Chennai)
Ananya Ganesan (Milwaukee)
Ananya Samhita (Chennai)
Apoorva Ravindran (Chennai)
Archana Upadhyaya (Manipal)
Bhargavi Balasubramanian (Chennai)
Dathre S Pathangi (Chennai)
Dhruv S Pathangi (Chennai)
Kavya Suravajhela 
Madhumitha (Coimbatore) 
Magizhan Paridhi (Erode)
Nupur Joshi (Mumbai)
Nihal Josyula (Seattle)
Petreeza Sabu (Cochin)
Prameela Mandyam (Seattle)
Samanvi (Manipal)
Shruthi Savithri (Chennai)
Vanitha Suresh (Madison)
Varsha Anantharaman (Pune)

VIOLIN: 
 
Sanjay Suresh (Madison)
Srinath Hariharan (Minneapolis)

NADASWARAM: 

Mylai Karthikeyan (Chennai)

MRDANGAM: 
 
Tanjavur Murugabhoopathy (Chennai)

TAVIL: 
 
Adyar Silambarasan (Chennai)

AUDIOS & VIDEOS RECORDED IN: Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Seattle, Milwaukee, Madison, Manipal, Coimbatore and several other cities.

AUDIO MASTERING: Surang Studio, Chennai 

VIDEO SUPERVISOR: Bhargavi Balasubramanian  

POST PRODUCTION & MASTERING: TUBE LIGHT MEDIA WORKS 

CONCEPT, MUSIC, LYRICS, SPECIAL EFFECTS & DIRECTION: Chitravina N Ravikiran 

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.  A globally celebrated performer, Ravikiran has composed over 1075 compositions in 5 languages including hundreds of dance compositions and dozens of orchestral works.  

Ravikiran is the only composer to have composed a song on each one of the 108 Divya Deshams (a feat he accomplished in 45 days), the 35-Tala Set of compositions, 72-Mela Ragamalika Geetam, Pancha Gati Varnam as well as individual varnams in each of the 5 gatis, Multi-language compositions (Bhasha Malikas), Dasha-Ranjani Tillana, Schematic Swarakshara Krtis and several other unique works. He is also one of the few to have composed songs on each one of the 72 Melakartas (he did this in a matter of 36 days). Besides, he has composed eulogies on mythological as well as historical figures including Buddha, Vyasa, Adi Shankara, Shri Ramanuja, Carnatic Music Trinity, Ramana Maharshi, Mahatma Gandhi, Kanchi Paramacharya, M S Subbulakshmi, Pt Ravishankar and his guru Chitravina Narasimhan and several socially inspirational pieces. 

He has also set music to over 1400 compositions of other creators including the entire 1330 Tirukkural Verses of Tiruvalluvar in a matter of 16 hours, verses of Bhagavad Geeta, Sangam Tamil poetry, Adi Shankara, Purandara Dasa and several contemporary lyricists.  Ravikiran has been decorated with a number of awards across the world for his contributions, being the first and/or youngest to receive such honours in many instances.