Shri Etla Ramadasa - stone cutter
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Govindarajan.L.N.
Sep 26, 2014, 11:03:17 PM9/26/14
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I just happened to see the following in You tube when I was
searching for something else. The style was simple and attractive.
Govindarajan.
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Less well known than Bhadrachala Ramadasa, Shri Etla Ramadasa was
a stone cutter from Andhra Pradesh. The story goes that when he split a solid,
spherical
rock into two, a frog jumped out from it! This made him spontaneously compose a song describing the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu....Matsya (Fish), Kurma (Tortoise), Varaha (Boar), Narasimha (Half man - half lion) and so on. Dr.Balamuralikrishna set the lyrics to a typical, earthy, Andhra folk style tune that we can easily identify with as the composer's authentic voice.Rama avathara is surprisingly missing from the lyrics, but the song is a real treasure. Pawan Kalyan gaaru has sung it now in 2013 and made it more well known among the public.
rock into two, a frog jumped out from it! This made him spontaneously compose a song describing the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu....Matsya (Fish), Kurma (Tortoise), Varaha (Boar), Narasimha (Half man - half lion) and so on. Dr.Balamuralikrishna set the lyrics to a typical, earthy, Andhra folk style tune that we can easily identify with as the composer's authentic voice.Rama avathara is surprisingly missing from the lyrics, but the song is a real treasure. Pawan Kalyan gaaru has sung it now in 2013 and made it more well known among the public.
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