Nritya Geeta Mala - Vol. 2 presents 31 songs in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, which include Invocation, Devastuthi, Sabdam, Varnam, Padam, Tillana and others.
Partly funded by the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, this book was published in 2001. This volume follows the same Padams pattern as the earlier one, but is different in that it includes Varnams and Padams in Hindi, Nayaka Padams exclusively for male dancers, Nindastuti, etc. Guru Rajee used rare ragas like Charukesi, Dharmavati, Navarasakanada and Hindustani ragas like Pilu, Behag and Kalavati.
List of 31 compositions
No. | Item | Song | Ragam | Talam |
1. | Invocation | Arul mazhai | Hamsadhwani | Adi |
2. | Invocation | Mata Saraswathi | Saraswathi | Adi |
3. | Devastuti | Silam Migunda | Ragamalika | Talamalika |
4. | Jatiswaram | Silam Migunda | Ragamalika | Talamalika |
5. | Sabdam | Om namo Narayanaya | Ragamalika | Misra Capu |
6. | Varnam | Unnaiye nan | Kambodi | Adi |
7. | Varnam | Caranadainde | Ragamalika | Adi |
8. | Varnam (Hindi) | Sun mori binti | Bhupali | Adi |
9. | Varnam (Hindi) | Jagat ke pita | Ragamalika | Adi |
10. | Padam | Annai tandai | Ketaragowlam | Rupakam |
11. | Manipravalam | Baraiyya | Carukesi | Adi |
12. | Nindastuti | Yennavendru | Hamsanadam | Adi |
13. | Padam (Hindi) | Ram nam se | Todi (Hindustani) | Adi |
14. | Padam (Hindi) | Aja Aja O Mere Lal | Kalavati | Jampai |
15. | Invocation | Nand ke lala | Sindhubhairavi | Adi |
16. | Nayaka Padam | Kanden manam | Natakurinji | Adi |
17. | Nayaka Padam | Yen Nillai | Sahana | Adi |
18. | Padam | Malaiyarasan | Sindhubhairavi | Adi |
19. | Tillana | Malaiyarasan | Navarasakanada | Adi |
No. | Item | Song | Ragam | Talam |
20. | Varnam | Anname ni | Sanmukapriya | Adi |
21. | Varnam | Mane moham | Purikalyani | Catusra Ata |
22. | Varnam (Telugu) | Sami niku | Dharmavati | Adi |
23. | Padam | Va yendrazhaitte | Vasanta | Tisram |
24. | Padam | Malar vanam | Kiravani | Adi |
25. | Padam | Andi pozhudum | Bhairavi | Misra Capu |
26. | Javali | Podumaiyya | Atana | Adi |
27. | Padam | Nadan | Kanada | Misra Capu |
28. | Padam (Hindi) | Aj mein sapno ki | Pilu | Adi |
29. | Tillana | Aj mein sapno ki | Behag | Rupakam |
30. | Tillana | Aj mein sapno ki | Ragamalika | Adi |
31. | Manipravalam | Annai tandai | Ragamalika | Adi |
Hardbound edition (5.75" X 9" ) : 272 pages
Price : Rs. 500 , US $ 25