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AlOchanaamR^itaM

yo mohayati bhUtAni sneharAgAnubandhanaiH |
sargasya rakShaNArthAya tasmai mohAtmane namaH || 48 ||

- from SAnti parvam of the Mahabharata.

sa.ngItaM	karNATaka	hindusthaani	lalita (telugu)
telugu	purANAlu	pravachanAlu	sAhityaM	toli velugulu
Miscellaneous	Articles	telugu Recipes	sa.nskR^itaM	digvijayii bhaarata (blog)	padya kaumudi (blog)

Contributing your collection

I am on the look out for lalita, jAnapada sangItam of old times like those on this site. If you have any and are willing to share them with me, now is the time. I'll add them to this site, if you approve, as your contribution.

You can upload music files to my upload website in mp3 or realaudio format, at your convenience.
(The site is password-protected; send me email to get the password).

NEW! toli telugu velugulu: The Earliest Recorded Telugu Song and Drama by Stalwart Artists!
Contributions from Visitors Like You!
NEW! Tanguturi Suryakumari private songs
! AIR Sangita rUpakAlu of 1960s
viyyAlavAri pATalu - private recording
Smt. Rao Balasarasvati
Smt. Rao Balasarasvati (contribution)
Saluri Rajeswara Rao (contribution)
Rao Balasarasvati's Film Songs of 1950's
Folk songs by Sita, Anasuya (contribution)
Smt. R. Vedavati Prabhakar Rao
Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Chicago Live Concert 1971 (contribution)
Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Miscellaneous songs
Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Bhagavad Gita with telugu commentary
Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Old private songs (contribution)
All India Radio Telugu Lalita sangItam 1966-71 (contribution)
Miscellaneous songs I learnt during childhood

peLLi pATalu - Marriage songs sung by Smt.Jandhyala Annapurna Devi

Here are some viyyAlavAri pATalu: a rare collection of humorous songs meant to be sung by marriage parties to poke fun at each other, with an undercurrent of ApyAyata flowing all the time. They were sung by Smt. Jandhyala Annapurna Devi garu. She is the mother-in-law of my pinni (mother's youngest sister) Nagamani, and a well-trained classical singer. However, this is a very informal recording, so please don't expect professionalism. Enjoy the informality and simplicity of the rendering.

She knows a lot more of such gems and I'm trying to get more recordings of hers. This genre of homely music is all but lost nowadays in the deluge of professional singing. Please encourage my little effort in keeping it alive by contributing more such music from your collection.

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author Raaga Taala

play, rm play, mp3 anna vinarA vadina mATalu ? SankarAbharaNam tripuTa

play, rm play, mp3 chEsi gelichiramma kAryamu ? ? tisra adi

play, rm play, mp3 vindu chesinAru viyyAla vArinTlO ? ? deSAdi

play, rm play, mp3 paLLu tOma pilichEru ? ? Adi

play, rm play, mp3 gandhamu puyyerugA Tyagaraja punnAga varALi tisra Adi

play, rm play, mp3 sItA-kalyANa vaibhogamE Tyagaraja SankarAbharaNam khaNDa chApu

Smt. Rao Balasarasvati

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play, rm play, mp3 nallani vADA Vinjamuri Sivaramaravu

play, rm play, mp3 kuu anTu kuuyakE ?

play, rm play, mp3 rammanavE mAvi Annamacharya

play, rm play, mp3 hRdayamu karigE ?

play, rm play, mp3 chaligaali viichindi Arudra

play, rm play, mp3 naTanamADavE mayUrI Balantrapu Rajanikantaravu

play, rm play, mp3 hAyamma hAyi ?

play, rm play, mp3 niNDupunnami paNDu vennelalO Dasarathi

play, rm play, mp3 oke okkasAri Arudra

play, rm play, mp3 kanugonTi kanugonTi ?

play, rm play, mp3 pannenDELLa chinnADE Basavaraju Apparao

play, rm play, mp3 kanula dIpikalunchi ?

play, rm play, mp3 chilipi chilipi navvulatO ?

play, rm play, mp3 sRuShTilO tIyanidi snEhamEnOyi Indraganti Hanumachchhastri

play, rm play, mp3 nI muraLi mrOtalO ?

play, rm play, mp3 talupu tIyunantalOne Basavaraju Apparao

play, rm play, mp3 cheppalEdA nItO ?

play, rm play, mp3 vinavE cheli pilupu alladigO Vinjamuri Sivaramaravu

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play, rm play, mp3 bangAru pApAyi ?

play, rm play, mp3 prema Ela kaligenu nAlO ?

play, rm play, mp3 yI challani rEyi ?

play, rm play, mp3 rAlani pUlu kOsukoni ?

play, rm play, mp3 A tOTalOnokaTi ArAdhanAlayamu Saluri Rajeswara Rao's father Sanyasi Raju

play, rm play, mp3 dayajuuDumayA ?

play, rm play, mp3 gOpAla kriShNuDu nallana Author: Sadasiva Brahmam, Music: Saluri Hanumantha Rao, Film: Radhika, 1947

play, rm play, mp3 priyasakhI SrI hariki ?

play, rm play, mp3 kAsanta iTu chUDavOyi ?

play, rm play, mp3 nIlamOhanuDu nAkannulalO ?

play, rm play, mp3 SaSivadanamu gani nE ?

play, rm play, mp3 nIvu lEka niluvalEnu ?

play, rm play, mp3 saraguna rArA ?

Smt. Rao Balasarasvati songs (contribution)

Srinivas Ganti generously shared the following gems with me. Apparently he got them from Srinivas Paruchuri. after digitization by Kamalakar Pasupuleti. His sdburman.com has many vintage telugu and hindi film songs.

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play, rm	play, mp3	A tOTalOnokaTi ArAdhanAlayamu	Saluri Rajeswara Rao's father Sanyasi Raju
play, rm	play, mp3	kaLa kaLalADuchu kilakila navvuchu	?
play, rm	play, mp3	pATa pADumA kriShNa	Saluri Rajeswara Rao (also singer)
play, rm	play, mp3	prema yEla kaligenu nAlO	?

Saluri Rajeswara Rao songs (contribution)

The following songs sung by Saluri Rajeswara Rao and Smt.Rao Balasarasvati were contributed by Srinivas Paruchuri.

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play, rm	play, mp3	Anandame lEdA	?
play, rm	play, mp3	A tOTalOnokaTi ArAdhanAlayamu	?
play, rm	play, mp3	bhAvi gati yEmaunO	?
play, rm	play, mp3	challagAlilO yamunA taTipai	?
play, rm	play, mp3	hAyiga pADudunA chelI	?
play, rm	play, mp3	kalaganTi kalaganTi	?
play, rm	play, mp3	kalaganTi kalaganTi (2)	?
play, rm	play, mp3	kala kAdanumA bAlA	?
play, rm	play, mp3	kAvya dEvata	?
play, rm	play, mp3	kOpamEla rAdhA daya chUpavEla nApai	?
play, rm	play, mp3	O vibhAvarI	?
play, rm	play, mp3	pATa pADumA kriShNA paluku tenelolukunaTula	?
play, rm	play, mp3	podarinTilO	?
play, rm	play, mp3	priya jananI	?
play, rm	play, mp3	punnagai tendiran - tamil	?
play, rm	play, mp3	rAvE rAvE kOkilA	?
play, rm	play, mp3	sukha-dAyI	?
play, rm	play, mp3	tummedA okasAri mOmetti chUDamani	?

Balasarasvati's Film songs of 1940's and 50's

The following songs are available as an album titled "alanATi andAlu"

Select rm	Select mp3	Title	Artist	film	Author	music	Raaga
play, rm	play, mp3	rAvE prEmalata	ghanTasAla, Balasarasvati	peLLi sandaDi	Samudrala Jr.	ghanTasala	?
play, rm	play, mp3	tAnEmi talanchenO	A.M.Raja, Balasarasvati	dAmpatyam	Arudra	Ramesh Naidu	?
play, rm	play, mp3	andAla rANi	A.M.Raja, Balasarasvati	vIra kaNkaNam	Arudra	Susarla Dakshinamurti	?
play, rm	play, mp3	jhan jhan kankaNamulUga	Balasarasvati	tenAli rAmakrishna	Samudrala Sr.	Viswanathan Ramamurti	?
play, rm	play, mp3	madilOni madhura bhAvam	Ghantasala, Balasarasvati	jayasimha	Samudrala Sr.	T.V. Raju	mohana
play, rm	play, mp3	mallepUlu, mollapUlu	Balasarasvati	rAjii nA prANam	Devulapalli Krishna Sastri	S. Hanumantha Rao	?
play, rm	play, mp3	O UgudunE Uyala	Balasarasvati	SAnti	Samudrala Jr	C.R. Subburaman	?
play, rm	play, mp3	unduvO madhurAnagari	Krishna Hemavati, Balasarasvati	priyurAlu	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	udaya ravichandrika
play, rm	play, mp3	O malaya pavanamA	M.S. Rama Rao, Balasarasvati	mAnavati	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	malaya mArutam
play, rm	play, mp3	tana pantanE	Balasarasvati	mAnavati	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	Balantrapu Rajanikanta Rao	rasAli
play, rm	play, mp3	rArAdO rAchiluka	A.M.Raja, Balasarasvati	chinna kODalu	Malladi Ramakrishna Sastri	ASvatthAma	?
play, rm	play, mp3	jO jO vayAri kAdE	Balasarasvati	chinna kODalu	Malladi Ramakrishna Sastri	ASvatthAma	?
play, rm	play, mp3	kAnaganaitini gA	Ghantasala, Balasarasvati	svapna sundari	Samudrala Sr.	C.R. Subburaman	?
play, rm	play, mp3	naTanalu telusunulE	Balasarasvati	svapna sundari	Samudrala Sr.	C.R. Subburaman	?
play, rm	play, mp3	ElukOvayya	Balasarasvati	chenchulakShmi	Samudrala Sr	R.N. chinnayya, C.R. Subburaman	ShaNmukhapriya
play, rm	play, mp3	Eri Eri	Balasarasvati	chenchulakShmi	Samudrala Sr	R.N. chinnayya, C.R. Subburaman	?
play, rm	play, mp3	tinne mIdi chinnODa	Balasarasvati	bhAgya lakShmi	Samudrala Sr.	BNR	?
play, rm	play, mp3	chestAnu peLLi chestAnu	Balasarasvati	bhAgya lakShmi	Samudrala Sr.	BNR	?

Telugu folk songs by Sita, Anasuya (contribution)

Sri Satyam Mandapati provided me this Sita-Anasuya folk music concert at a TANA function in the U.S. The english commentary is by Ratna Papa (apparently the daughter of one of them). If anybody knows their full names, please let me know.

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play, rm	play, mp3	SrI venkaTESuDA ISuDA SaraNu	?
play, rm	play, mp3	rAmanA sandalAlO	?
play, rm	play, mp3	nOmInamallAla nomannalAlO sandAmAmA	?
play, rm	play, mp3	chIrakaTTUkOni chilakalAgunnAvu	?
play, rm	play, mp3	konDanDOri seruvulakinda sEsiri mugguru yevasAyam	?
play, rm	play, mp3	vayasupongu vanTikalla paDuchu sOyagAlu dEru	?
play, rm	play, mp3	hOlI	?
play, rm	play, mp3	mokkajonna tOTalO	Konakalla Venkataratnam
play, rm	play, mp3	tallI veLLE peLLikumAruni pallakiyA	?
play, rm	play, mp3	gOdArOri sinnadi	?
play, rm	play, mp3	sandulOna bAyanTi pillaDO	?
play, rm	play, mp3	gOlakonDOyi	?
play, rm	play, mp3	banDIra poga banDIra	?

Srinivasa Rao Sanagavarapu has kindly contributed the following songs.

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play, rm play, mp3 kOTirAyanu ?

play, rm play, mp3 nandagiri bangAru mAmayya ?

Smt. R. Vedavati Prabhakar Rao

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play, rm play, mp3 priyasakhI SrI hariki

play, rm play, mp3 SivapAdamuluncha

play, rm play, mp3 kommalO kOyilanai

play, rm play, mp3 madhurAnagari samIpamlO

play, rm play, mp3 ammadongA ninnu chUDakunTE

play, rm play, mp3 telusA nA guTTu

play, rm play, mp3 pasiDi kinnera vINa

play, rm play, mp3 pUvulEvi tEvE chelI

play, rm play, mp3 mallenammA malleni

play, rm play, mp3 AkulO Akunai Devulapalli Krishnasastri

Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Excerpts from Live Concert at Chicago 1971 (contribution)

Contributed by Smt. Vijaya and Sri Gopala Rao Nemana.

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play, rm	play, mp3	nI konDaku	?
play, rm	play, mp3	bIdapUja	Jandhyala Papayya Sastri
play, rm	play, mp3	EDu konDala sAmi	?
play, rm	play, mp3	bhalE manchi rOju	?
play, rm	play, mp3	bahudUrapu bATasAri	?
play, rm	play, mp3	puShpa vilApamu	Jandhyala Papayya Sastri
play, rm	play, mp3	muddabanti pUvulO	?
play, rm	play, mp3	jagamE mAya	samudrAla rAghavAchAryulu
play, rm	play, mp3	andame Anandam	?

Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Miscellaneous songs

Select rm	Select mp3	Title	Author
play, rm	play, mp3	SrI rAma rAmEti	A. Venugopal
play, rm	play, mp3	SrI rAma daNDakam	A. Venugopal
play, rm	play, mp3	brahma kaDigina pAdamu	annamayya - music by S. Rajeswara Rao
play, rm	play, mp3	SrI vEnkaTESa prabhAta prArthana	A. Venugopal
play, rm	play, mp3	bhuvana mOhana	Y. Padmanabha Swami
play, rm	play, mp3	nI konDaku nIvE	C. Subba Rao
play, rm	play, mp3	karuNAmayi - padyAlu	Jandhyala Papayya Sastri
play, rm	play, mp3	rEgina mungurulu - padyAlu	Jandhyala Papayya Sastri
play, rm	play, mp3	navamAsamulu - pApAyi padyAlu	gurram jAShuvA
play, rm	play, mp3	tIyani venkani nAmAmrutamE	raavi
play, rm	play, mp3	venkanna nAmamE	raavi

Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Excerpts from the Bhagavad Gita with telugu commentary

A beautiful rendition of the bhagavad gita by ghantasala. I particularly like the music composition, the selection of ragas and the impeccable pronunciation of sa.nskR^itam.

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play, rm play, mp3 Bhagavad Gita Excerpts - with telugu commentary K.S.Rangaiah Sastry

Ghantasala Venkatesvara Rao - Old private songs (contribution)

Srinivasa Rao Sanagavarapu has kindly contributed these private songs sung by Ghantasala during the 40s and 50s. He maintains a http://www.indianscreen.com website that has some old hindi film songs. He also broadcasts a weekly Telugu program in New Jersey at 9:00 AM on Sundays at a local radio station - a mix of classics and contemporaries. It can be heard on the web at www.wcnj.fm by following the link.

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play, rm play, mp3 veliginchave chinni valapu deepam (with P. Leela) ? ?

play, rm play, mp3 ammA sarOjini dEvi ? early 50s on Sarojini Naidu's death?

play, rm play, mp3 bhAratIyula kaLaa prabhavammolakinchu ? early 50s, tribute to Sarojini Naidu

play, rm play, mp3 bahu dUrapu bATasAri ? late 40s

play, rm play, mp3 atta lEni kODaluttamurAlu OyammA ? late 40s

play, rm play, mp3 kuntI vilApam Jandhyala Papayya Sastri late 40s

play, rm play, mp3 pushpa vilApam - 1 Jandhyala Papayya Sastri late 40s

play, rm play, mp3 puShpAnjali (part 2 of above) Jandhyala Papayya Sastri late 40s

play, rm play, mp3 rAvOyi bangAri mA'va ? late 40s

play, rm play, mp3 svantantram ? 1947, at the time of independence?

play, rm play, mp3 svAntantrya Siddhi ? 1948, one year later?

play, rm play, mp3 talaninDa PoodanDa Dasarathi Rangacharya early 50s

All India Radio Telugu Lalita sangItam 1966-71 (contribution)

Ramchand K Burra has kindly contributed these private songs sung by Chittaranjan and others in programs like 'ii maasapu paaTa', 'jaanapada gEyaalu' on AIR's Hyd-A radio station during the 1960s and 70s. More information on these songs can be obtained at his website, http://mysite.verizon.net/res1wgre/.

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play, rm play, mp3 AlapinchanA C. Narayana Reddy B. Vasanta ii mAsapu pATa

play, rm play, mp3 bhagavantA! nIdE bhAramurA ? chittaranjan tattvam

play, rm play, mp3 ettavoyI kEla yI bEla suma bAla ? ? lalita giitam

play, rm play, mp3 Ganagana ganTa mrogindanTa, pilupoka pUjArike kAdanTa Balantrapu Rajanikantaravu S. Vijayalakshmi ii mAsapu pATa

play, rm play, mp3 intirO yI gOpabAluDu enta mODi chEsenE ? S. Janaki lalita giitam

play, rm play, mp3 sogasu nii sommu kalyANi rAgiNI M. Balamurali Krishna M. Balamurali Krishna ii mAsapu pATa

play, rm play, mp3 kanupinche kanupinchenammA nelarEDu ? B. Vasanta? lalita giitam

play, rm play, mp3 kOTi kOTi tAralalO mETi chandamAmalA Dasarathi B. Vasanta ii mAsapu pATa

play, rm play, mp3 kShaNamaina ninuvIDi manajAlanE chelI ? M. Balamurali Krishna ii mAsapu pATa

play, rm play, mp3 mabbulochchinai ? B. Vasanta? lalita giitam

play, rm play, mp3 moddabbAi ? Radio Annayya (Nyayapati Raghava Rao's Voice) bAlAnandam pATa

play, rm play, mp3 naDimi sundari ? ? lalita giitam

play, rm play, mp3 E puTTa dAgEvu, enta pilichina rAvu, nAgannA ? ? bhakti giitam

play, rm play, mp3 padamule chaalu rAmA ? chittaranjan bhakti giitam

play, rm play, mp3 pandu vennela adE kotta vennela ? ? lalita giitam

play, rm play, mp3 radhA manOhara rAvElarA tanDrI ? chittaranjan tattvam

play, rm play, mp3 Srii rAma rAmayaneDi nAmambE ? chittaranjan bhakti giitam

play, rm play, mp3 svAtantryamE nA jIvitASayani ? ? lalita giitam

play, rm play, mp3 tattvam ? Sita & Anasuya jAnapadam

play, rm play, mp3 UgavE DOlika mallavarapu Visvesvara Rao B. Sarojini devi lalita giitam

play, rm play, mp3 Vinthaganu SrI kriShNa dEvuDu ? chittaranjan lalita giitam

Miscellaneous lalita sangItam I learnt during childhood

I learnt a few lalita sangItam songs during my childhood from my various sources: from my music teachers, from the AIR Vijayawada Lalita sangItam classes on Radio by Chittaranjan. Since I am not finding them elsewhere, I sang them in my gArdabha svaram solely to instigate rasikas into providing better/original renditions :-)
Click on the song title to see its lyrics and other details.

Select rm Select mp3 Title Author Raaga Taala

play, rm play, mp3 evaru penchina kalpatarulivi (from AIR class) Smt. Jonnalagadda Raghavamma rAga mAlika tripuTa

play, rm rAvE rAvE nava varShA (from AIR class) ? amR^itavarShiNi Adi

play, rm play, mp3 krishna hare muddu krishna hare (from music teacher) ? kAmbhOji Adi

- Sarada and Sai Susarla (sai.susarla@gmail.com)