“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”― Jorge Luis Borges (Post No.11,617)

WRITTEN BY LONDON SWAMINATHAN

Post No. 11,617

Date uploaded in London – –  2 JANUARY 2023                  

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Jorge Luis Borges is an Argentine short story writer

I agree with Jorge. Do you agree with him?

Here are a few books on DANCE and MUSIC out of 90 books written by me:

STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS AND ORIGIN OF DANCE DRAMA IN VEDAS 

CONTENTS

1.Rare book on 30 Devadasis of Tamil Nadu

2.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS -PART 1, INTRO AND PARAVAI

3.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS -PART 2;

 TIRUVARUNAI PANNIIRAAYIRUVAR,  PON ANAIYAAR

4.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS -PART 3;

 MANIKKA VALLI, MANANTHAI

5.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS- PART 4;

 MANIKKA NACHIYAR AND GNANAVALLI

6.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS – Part 5 :

 KONDI AMMAL

7.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS – PART 6;

KALIDASA-VILASAVATHY, KALAMEGHAM-MOHANANGI

8.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS- 7 ;

MANONMANI, ABHIRAMI, CHINTAMANI RATNAM

9.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS- 8 ;

SILAMBI, ANJANAKSHI, SHENBAKAVADIVU

10.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS – Part 9,

SOMI, VELLAI AMMAL, MADHAVI and MANIMEGALAI

11.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS- PART 10;

SEERKAZI KANIKA, AMPOR SILAMBI & PUNGODAI

12.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS—PART 11 ;

MADANA SUNDARI, MADANABISHEKAM

13.STORY OF TAMIL DEVADASIS – Part 12 ;

VELLAIAMMAL, KAMALAAMBIKAI

Part Two

14.Dance in the Vedas!

15.More about Bharatanatya in the Vedas!

16.Interesting titbits about Natyashastra of Bharata Muni

17.More Interesting Titbits about Natyasastra of Bharata

18.Colour  for  Actors  and  Ornaments  in  Natyashastra

19.Matavi’s 11 types of Classical Dance

20.How Dance & Drama came to Earth?

21.Watching  Dance is Equal to Studying Vedas;

Sin will Run Away!

22.Origin of Drama in India, No connection with Greece!

23.The Ideal Dancer: Kalidasa

24.Classical Indian Dance Vs Dance in the West

25.Deva Dasis: Dancing Girls of Hindu Temples

26. Nineteen Dance Dramas in the Rig Veda

27.Bharata Muni statue unveiled in Delhi

28.Origin of Drama in Ancient India and Egypt

29.Drama, Puppet Show, Folk Theatre in Tamil and Sanskrit Literature

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Interesting  Anecdotes from the World of Music

CONTENTS

1.Superstition in World of Music !

2.True Art is Never Made to Order

3.Musician who pledged a Raga!

4.A MUSICAL RAGA IN THE NAME OF TWO FAMOUS GIRLS

5.Interesting Anecdotes from the World of Music

6.Saint who went to Heaven with A Flute in Hand!

7.Ganges and Coovam Rivers in Carnatic Music!

8.How did Rare Indian Animal ‘Asunam’ become extinct?

9.Rain Miracles : Rain by Fire and Music!

10.Mystic No.7 in Music ! ORIGIN OF SAPTA SWARAS

11.Acoustic Marvel of Madurai Temple

(Please see Items 25 and 26 as well)

12.Haha and Huhu: Famous Musicians!

13.Bhumi Dundhubi: Drums in Rig Veda and Sangam Tamil Poems

14.Veena and Tamil Yaaz in the Rig Veda

15.Interesting Story about Music in Purana!

16. Music Wonders: Mozart and Nietzsche

(Composer Gounod, George Gershwin, Caesar Frank’s Anecdotes)

17.Beethoven Decomposing!

18.My Violin Never Fails Me-Paganini

19.Most Famous Violin ‘Thief!’

20.Hindu Music in Panini’s Grammar Book

21.Papanasam Sivan’s Contribution to Sanskrit Language; London Festival Report

22.Indian Music and Western Music

23.‘Vat a devil is dat?’ – Handel Angry!

(Mozart, Brahms, Handel Anecdotes)

24.Music will Make You Fat: Rock Music that grows on Plants

25.Musical Pillars in Hindu Temples

26.MORE ABOUT MUSIC PILLARS IN HINDU TEMPLES

27. MUSIC IN SAMA VEDA

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 — subham—

 tags: My books, on Dance and Music

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