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AlOchanaamR^itaM

Need a new GangaavataraNa We must go back to the one thing needful, take up again Christ's gospel of the purity and perfection of mankind, Mahomed's gospel of perfect submission, self-surrender and servitude to God, Chaitanya's gospel of the perfect love and joy of God in man, Ramakrishna's gospel of the unity of all religions and the divinity of God in man, and, gathering all these streams into one mighty river, one purifying and redeeming Ganges, pour it over the death-in-life of a materialistic humanity as Bhagirath led down the Ganges and flooded with it the ashes of his fathers, so that they may be a resurrection of the soul in mankind and the Satyayuga for a while return to the world.

- Sri Aurobindo (Yoga and its Objects)


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)

KarNATaka sangItam - External Contributions (realaudio)

A plea to rasikas

In response to my plea for old concerts, many rasikas generously responded by mailing cassettes or uploading their collections to me. In this page I provide all of them online.

Contents

Click here for Contributed Concerts Volume II

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Name Contributor
Bombay 1963 concert A.K.Balaji
Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu (guru of Balamurali) Concert Dr. Subramanya Sarma
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu Violin Concert Someone from U.A.E. Forgot who.
Emani Sankara Sastry 1960s Veena Concert Syamala Rao Eevani
Emani Sankara Sastri AIR Veena Concert
Emani Sankara Sastri and others: Orchestra
Semmangudi Kalki Gardens Rama Navami Concert 1967 Prashant Prasad
Nedunuri 1982 Concert at Krishna Gana Sabha Prashant Prasad
Oleti Venkateswarlu Concert 1 Sridhar Seshagiri
Oleti Venkateswarlu 1987 Concert at Shanmukhananda Hall, Bombay Sridhar Seshagiri
G.N.Balasubrahmaniam 1963 Calcutta Concert Sridhar Seshagiri
Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer 1960s Airport Concert Sridhar Seshagiri
Madurai Mani Iyer et al. Prahlad Pakkavadyam
Tyagaraja kritis - Sruti-based singing B. Raman
T.K. Govinda Rao Vizag Concert 1979 Vikram P. Sundararaman
T.K. Govinda Rao Bangalore Concert 1984 Vikram P. Sundararaman
T.K. Govinda Rao Pittsburgh Concert 2003 Vikram P. Sundararaman
M.D. Ramanathan Concert 1978 apmsbask@yahoo.com
T.R. Mahalingam Live Concert 1956 apmsbask@yahoo.com
Balamurali Krishna (Live concert on 12.10.1980) apmsbask

My tyAgarAja kR^itis page

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Bombay 1963 concert

Contributed by: A.K.Balaji
Artist: M. Balamurali Krishna
Year: 1963
Violin: Lalgudi Jayaraman
Mridangam: Umalyapuram K. Sivaraman

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chalamujEsi M. Balamurali Krishna rAmapriya ?
gaNAdhipam M. Balamurali Krishna nATa Adi
SObhillu Tyagaraja jaganmOhini ruupaka
sujana jIvana Tyagaraja khamAs AlApana
sujana jIvana Tyagaraja khamAs ruupaka
sundari nI Tyagaraja kalyANi AlApana
sundari nI Tyagaraja kalyANi ?
sundari nI Tyagaraja kalyANi ?
sundari nI Tyagaraja kalyANi mridangam
nagumOmu Tyagaraja abhEri Adi
raagam-taanam-pallavi ? hamsa vinOdini AlApana
rtp: nigama sudha ? hamsa vinOdini ?
bangAru muraLI ? ? ?
gOpAla gOkula ? ? ?
pibarE rAma rasam ? Ahir bhairav ?

parupalli parupalli_songset: Array

Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu (guru of Balamurali) Concert

Contributed by: Dr. Subramanya Sarma
Artist: Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu (guru of M. Balamurali Krishna)
Year: ?
Violin: Annavarapu Ramaswamy
Mridangam: Krovvidi Hanumantha Rao

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evari mATa kAmbhOji Adi Tyagaraja
evaraina lErA siddha sEna deSAdi Tyagaraja
karuNA samudra devagAndhAri Adi Tyagaraja
paralOka bhayamu mandAri Adi Tyagaraja
rAnidi rAdu maNirangu deSAdi Tyagaraja
SrI rAmachandra: Slokam part 1 rAga mAlika - -
SrI rAmachandra: Slokam part 2 rAga mAlika - -

dvaram dvaram_songset: Array

Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu Violin Concert

Contributed by: Someone from U.A.E. Forgot who.
Artist: dvaram
Year: ?
Notes: Sri Niranjan Thirukkovalur has kindly volunteered to encode this concert from cassettes.

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varNam SrI ? Karu Iyer
vAtApi hamsadhvani Adi Dikshitar
teliyaleru rAmA dhenuka ? Tyagaraja
ninuvinA nAmadendu niluvadE navarasakAnaDa ? Tyagaraja
pAhi devagAndhAri ? Tyagaraja
jananI rItigauLa tripuTa Dharmapuri SubbarAya Sastri
raghuvamSa sudhAmbudhi + tani kadana kutUhalam Adi Tyagaraja
svara rAga sudhA SankarAbharaNam Adi Tyagaraja
durmArga charAdhamulanu ranjani ruupaka Tyagaraja
marubAri chenchuruTi Dharmapuri Subbaraya Sastri ?
janagaNamana ? ? ?

evani evani_songset: Array

Emani Sankara Sastry 1960s Veena Concert

Contributed by: Syamala Rao Eevani
Artist: Emani Sankara Sastri
Year: ?

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vAtApi gaNapatim hamsadhvani Adi Dikshitar
j~nAnamosagarAdA pUrvi kalyANi ruupaka Tyagaraja
raghuvamSa sudhAmbudhi kadana kutUhalam Adi Mysore Vasudevachari
mAyamma Ahiri adi (vilamba) Syaama Saastri
E tAvuna rA kalyANi AlApana Tyagaraja
E tAvuna rA kalyANi Adi Tyagaraja
? yadukula kAmbhOji ruupaka ?
? ? ? ?
mantra puShpam - - -

Emani Sankara Sastri AIR Veena Concert

Year: 1960s
Mridangam: Yella Venkateswara Rao

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Announcement ? ? ?
mahAgaNapatim Dikshitar nATa Adi
? Dikshitar gauLa Adi
nAdasudhArasambilanu Dikshitar aarabhi ruupaka
tyAgarAja pAlaya Dikshitar varALi Adi
nAma kusumamulachE Tyagaraja SrI Adi

Emani Sankara Sastri and others: Orchestra

Artist: Emani Sankara Sastri
Year: ?

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jagadAnanda kAraka Tyagaraja nATa Adi
E tAvunarA Tyagaraja kalyANi Adi

prashant prashant_songset: Array

Semmangudi Kalki Gardens Rama Navami Concert 1967

Contributed by: Prashant Prasad
Artist: Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Vocal support: M.S. Subbulakshmi
Year: 1967
Violin: Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
Mridangam: Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman

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SObhillu jaganmOhini rUpaka Tyagaraja
SrI rAmam ravikulAbdi sOmam nArAyaNagauLa Adi dIkshitar
ennagAnu rAma bhajana pantuvarALi adi [tisra gati] Tyagaraja
evarikai avatAramu dEvamanOhari misra cApu Tyagaraja
kshINamai mukhAri Adi Tyagaraja
lEkhana ninnu asAvEri Adi Tyagaraja
enduku peddalavale + tani Avartanam SankarAbharaNam Adi Tyagaraja
smaraNE sukhamu janaranjani Adi Tyagaraja
kAmAkshi bhairavi misra cApu shyAma sAstri
chEta SrI bAlakriShNam dvijAvanti rUpaka dIkshitar
parulanna mATa kApi rUpaka dharmapuri subbarayyar
varuvArO varam taruvArO sAmA Adi gOpAlakrishNa bhArati
SR^ingAram slOkam yamunA kalyANi, punnAga varALi, bilahari, dhanyAsi ?
tillAnA pUrNachandrika Adi ?
pavamAna mangaLam Adi Tyagaraja

Nedunuri 1982 Concert at Krishna Gana Sabha

Contributed by: Prashant Prasad
Artist: Nedunuri Krishnamurty
Year: 1982
Violin: Lalgudi Jayaraman
Mridangam: Umayalpuram Sivaraman

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sri gaNapatini Tyagaraja saurAShtra Adi
bhavanuta Tyagaraja mohana Adi
sangIta gnAnamu Tyagaraja dhanyAsi ?
alApanA - nATakapriya AlApana
idi samayamu brOvarAdA Mysore Vasudevachari nATakapriya ruupaka
annapUrNe Dikshitar sAma Adi
alApanA - mukhAri AlApana
muripemu galigE Tyagaraja mukhAri Adi
tani avartanam ? ? ?
santAnagOpAlakrishnam Dikshitar khamAs ruupaka
bhAvamulOna ? suddha dhanyAsi ?
rAgam ? kAmbhOji ?
tAnam ? kAmbhOji ?
pallavi: gOpikA manOharam gOvardhana giridharam kAmbhOji tisra tripuTa, khaNDa gati
eppo varuvArO subrahmaNya bhArati jONpuri Adi
tillAnA ? ? ?

sridhar sridhar_songset: Array

Oleti Venkateswarlu Concert 1

Contributed by: Sridhar Seshagiri
Artist: Oleti Venkatesvarlu
Year: ?
Violin: M. Chandrasekharan
Mridangam: Karaikudi Mani

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inta chalamu Veena Kuppaiyer begaDa AlApana
rArA mAyinTidAka Tyagaraja asAveri Adi
yEmAnatichchedavO Tyagaraja SahAna ruupaka
paripUrNa kAmA Tyagaraja pUrvi kalyANi AlApana
paripUrNa kAmA Tyagaraja pUrvi kalyANi ruupaka
dASarathI Tyagaraja tODi AlApana
dASarathI Tyagaraja tODi Adi
parama pAvana Mishu Krishna (?) ranjani Adi
Eraa nA sAmi pagavAri - RTP Tyagaraja kAmbhOji AlApana
Eraa nA sAmi pagavAri - RTP + rAgamalika svaras Tyagaraja kAmbhOji ?
entaTi kulukE - jAvaLI Dharmapuri SubbarAya Iyer kalyANi ruupaka

Oleti Venkateswarlu 1987 Concert at Shanmukhananda Hall, Bombay

Contributed by: Sridhar Seshagiri
Artist: Oleti Venkatesvarlu
Year: 1987
Violin: M.S. Gopalakrishnan
Mridangam: Yella Venkateswara Rao
Notes: This is the full version of the concert in my "Karnatak" section.

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ninnE neranamminAnu rA Tyagaraja pantuvarALi AlApana
ninnE neranamminAnu rA Tyagaraja pantuvarALi AlApana
ninnE neranamminAnu rA Tyagaraja pantuvarALi ruupaka
kadalE vADu kAdE rAmuDu Tyagaraja nArAyaNagauLa Adi
sankalpameTTidO manasA Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer kharaharapriya AlApana
sankalpameTTidO manasA Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer kharaharapriya AlApana
sankalpameTTidO manasA Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer kharaharapriya Adi
nenarunchinAnu Tyagaraja mALavi Adi
dIna rakShakA Ponnaiah Pillai Ahiri ruupaka
Sankari nIvani Subbaraya Sastri begaDa AlApana
Sankari nIvani Subbaraya Sastri begaDa ruupaka
idi samayamu Tyagaraja chhAyA nATa Adi
nI padamulE gatiyani nammiti ? tODi raagam
nI padamulE gatiyani nammiti ? tODi taanam
nI padamulE gatiyani nammiti ? tODi pallavi
maaru bAri tALalEnurA Dharmapuri Subbaraya Iyer khamAs Adi
bhaja gOvindam Adi Sankara raagamalika ?
hE gOvinda - bhajan Suradasa desh ?
hari tumhArO - bhajan Meera Bai ? ?
brUhi mukundEti + maNgaLam Sadasiva Brahmendra suraTi Adi

G.N.Balasubrahmaniam 1963 Calcutta Concert

Contributed by: Sridhar Seshagiri
Artist: G.N. Balasubrahmanian
Year: 1963
Violin: T.N. Krishnan
Mridangam: Palghat Raghu

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ninnu kOri - varNam Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar mohana Adi
praNamAmyaham Mysore Vasudevachari gauLa Adi
paralOka Tyagaraja pUrvi kalyANi Adi
sAmaja varagamana Tyagaraja hindoLam Adi
mA jAnaki Tyagaraja kAmbhOji Adi
telisi rAma chintanatO Tyagaraja pUrNa chandrika Adi
dASaratha bAla rAmachandrayyA dayAnidhE - RTP ? tODi rAgam
dASaratha bAla rAmachandrayyA dayAnidhE - RTP ? tODi tAnam
dASaratha bAla rAmachandrayyA dayAnidhE - RTP ? rAga mAlika pallavi

Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer 1960s Airport Concert

Contributed by: Sridhar Seshagiri
Artist: Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
Year: 1960s
Violin: Lalgudi Jayaraman
Mridangam: Trichy Sankaran
Ghatam: Vinakayaram

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vallabha nAyakasya Dikshitar begaDa ruupaka
SrIkAnta nIyeDa Tyagaraja bhAva priya Adi
dinamaNi vamSa Tyagaraja harikAmbhOji Adi
mari vErE gati Syaama Saastri Ananda bhairavi miSra chApu
harihara putram Dikshitar vasanta khaNDa eka
sarasa sAma dAna Tyagaraja kApi nArAyaNi Adi
vinarAda nA manavi Tyagaraja devagAndhAri Adi
rAma nI samAnamevaru Tyagaraja kharaharapriya ruupaka
rAma nI samAnamevaru - 2 Tyagaraja kharaharapriya ruupaka
SrI kR^iShNam bhaja mAnasa Dikshitar tODi Adi
mArubalkakunnAvEmirA Tyagaraja SrIranjani Adi
kShINamai Tyagaraja mukhAri Adi
rAgam tAnam pallavi - yochana-jesi trilOchanuDa - 1 ? varALi Adi
rAgam tAnam pallavi - yochana-jesi trilOchanuDa - 2 ? varALi Adi
OM Saravanabhava Papanasam Sivan ShaNmukhapriya Adi
idatu padam Papanasam Sivan khamAs Adi
kintu cheyvu Swati Tirunal kalyANi ruupaka
bhAvayAmi Swati Tirunal rAgamAlika ruupaka
SR^ingAram - Slokam ? rAgamAlika ruupaka
maNgaLam Tyagaraja ? -

prahl prahl_songset: Array

Madurai Mani Iyer et al.

Contributed by: Prahlad Pakkavadyam
Artist: Madurai Mani Iyer
Year: ?
Violin: ?
Mridangam: ?

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ADa mODi galadA Tyagaraja chArukESi ?
durmArgacharAdhamulanu Tyagaraja ranjani ?
eppO varuvArO ? jhOnpUri ?
koluvai unnADE Tyagaraja bhairavi ?
nija marmamulanu Tyagaraja umAbharaNam ?
Note Madurai Mani Iyer SankarAbharaNam ?
sarasa sAma dAna Tyagaraja kApi nArAyaNi ?
manasu svAdhInamaina Tyagaraja SankarAbharaNam tripuTa
nAda tanumaniSam Tyagaraja chitta ranjani ?

braman braman_songset: Array

Tyagaraja kritis - Sruti-based singing

Contributed by: B. Raman
Artist: disciples of Dr. Srinivasa (Cheema) Raghavan
Year: Sep 18, 1999
Violin: Sri S. Parthasarathi
Veena: Smt. Ranganayaki Parthasarathi
Notes: See Raman's posting in our discussion forum on this concert.

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Introduction Tyagaraja - -
gurulEka Tyagaraja gauri manohari jhampa
jagadAnanda kAraka - Introduction Tyagaraja - -
jagadAnanda kAraka Tyagaraja nATa Adi
j~nAnamosaga rAdA Tyagaraja ShaDvidha mArgiNi ruupaka
aTla balukudu Tyagaraja aThANa Adi
mOsabOku vinavE Tyagaraja gauLi pantu Adi
ninnana valasinadEmi Tyagaraja kalyANi chApu
lakShaNamulu gala Tyagaraja Suddha sAveri Adi
nenaruncharA nApai Tyagaraja simhavAhini deSAdi
SrI nArasimha Tyagaraja phalaranjani deSAdi
nAdalOluDai Tyagaraja kalyANa vasantam ruupaka
siggumAli Tyagaraja kedAra gauLa Adi

tkg tkg_songset: Array

T.K. Govinda Rao Vizag Concert 1979

Contributed by: Vikram P. Sundararaman
Artist: T.K. Govinda Rao
Year: 1979

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varNam ? aarabhi ?
tera tIyagarAdA Tyagaraja gauLipantu Adi
rAmA ika nannu Tyagaraja SahAna AlApana
rAmA ika nannu Tyagaraja SahAna ?
enta vEDukondu Tyagaraja sarasvatI manohari deSAdi
maravakavE Tyagaraja sAma ?
nADAdina mATa Tyagaraja janaranjani chApu
bArO kR^iShNayya Tyagaraja rAga mAlika ?

T.K. Govinda Rao Bangalore Concert 1984

Contributed by: Vikram P. Sundararaman
Artist: T.K. Govinda Rao
Year: 1984
Violin: M. Chandrasekharan
Mridangam: Tanjavur Upendran
Notes: Sharath Purighalla helped get this concert published.

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mEru samAna dhIra Tyagaraja mAyAmALavagauLa Adi
abhimAnamen Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer begaDa AlApana
abhimAnamen Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer begaDa Adi
rAmachandram Dikshitar vasanta AlApana
rAmachandram Dikshitar vasanta ruupaka
entavEDukondu Tyagaraja sarasvatI manOhari Adi
nEnu dhanyano ? tODi AlApana
nEnu dhanyano ? tODi ?
nEnu dhanyano ? tODi tani Avartanam
antakanadutarike ? rAga mAlika ?
karedare ? rEvati ?
pAhi rAmachandra Tyagaraja yadukula kAmbhOji tisra laghu
majunikara ? kAvaDi sindhu ?

T.K. Govinda Rao Pittsburgh Concert 2003

Contributed by: Vikram P. Sundararaman
Artist: T.K. Govinda Rao
Year: June 7, 2003
Violin: ?
Mridangam: ?
Notes: Sharath Purighalla helped get this concert published.

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varnam ? mohana ?
mEru samAna dhIra Tyagaraja mAyAmALavagauLa Adi
iniyahilum ? ? ?
venkatasaila ? ? ?
ikanaina ? ? ?
chaturdaSa bhuvana ? rAga mAlika ?
bhOgIndra SAyinam ? ? ?
tEDi tEDi ? ? ?
sarasIruha nAbha ? ? ?
kanda vandarul ? ? ?
karedare ? rEvati ?
jamunA kinArE ? ? ?
tillAna ? ? ?
hari dAsulu veDale ? ? ?
mangaLam ? ? ?

bhaskar bhaskar_songset: Array

M.D. Ramanathan Concert 1978

Contributed by: apmsbask@yahoo.com
Artist: M.D. Ramanathan
Year: 23 Dec 1978
Violin: Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
Mridangam: Ramaswamy

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SrI mahAgaNapati Dikshitar gauLa ?
SrI bAlasubramaNya Dikshitar bilahari ?
SyAma sundarAnga Tyagaraja dhanyAsi ?
kanmaniyE sollADi ? kApi ?
smaranE sukham Tyagaraja janaranjani ?
kaligiyunTE Tyagaraja kIravANi ?
kAdal enra ? rAga mAlika ?
tillAna ? pUrvi kalyANi ?

T.R. Mahalingam Live Concert 1956

Contributed by: apmsbask@yahoo.com
Artist: T.R. Mahalingam
Violin: T. Rukmini
Mridangam: M. L. Veerabhadraiah
Ghatam: K. S. Manjunath

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saraguNa pAlimpa Ramnad Srinivasa Iyengar kEdAragauLa Adi
marivErE Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer ShaNmukhapriya Adi
entavEDukO Tyagaraja sarasvatI manOhari deSAdi
nIdu mahima H.N. Muttayyah Bhagavatar hamsAnandi Adi
nAdOpAsana Tyagaraja begaDa Adi
evarani Tyagaraja devAmR^itavarShiNi Adi
raghuvamSa sudhA Patnam Subrahmanya Iyer kadana kutUhalam Adi

Balamurali Krishna (Live concert on 12.10.1980)

Contributed by: apmsbask
Artist: M. Balamurali Krishna
Year: 1980

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Srii gaNapatini Tyagaraja saurAShtra Adi
Srii sarasvati Dikshitar aarabhi ruupaka
rAdA nAmiida appayya dIkShitulu hamiir kalyANi ruupaka
nii sATi niivE M. Balamurali Krishna chandrika ?
nagumOmu Tyagaraja AbhEri Adi
rAgam tAnam pallavi ? sunAdavinOdini, bhairavi ?
Orunal pOduma Kavignyar Kannadhasan rAgamAlika Adi
rAmachandrAya (mangaLam) ? ? ?

A plea to rasikas

One of my cherished goals for putting up this website is to collect and make available online some of those old (pre-1975) concerts by stalwarts which are so precious and rare to obtain. They are all locked up in the private music collections of a few individuals, who are not willing to share them with others for fear of loss.

That's precisely where the Internet helps, isn't it, to house music in an indestructible but widely shareable form?

Hence I request rasikas to come forward and share with me copies of those rare concerts so I can put them online to give everybody an oppurtunity to share the sangItAmR^itaM ! You'll be duly recognized on the website for your contribution. And rest assured that it will not be used for profit.

For starters, I am looking for the following:

I am especially looking for any clear and well-pronounced renditions of rare tyAgarAja kR^itis.

I am NOT interested in hosting contemporary artists' works on my website as there are umpteen other sites for that (e.g., musicindiaonline.com).

If you have anything interesting, please email to sai.susarla@gmail.com .

Transfer methods

You can send your collection to me in several ways: I'll put them on my website for everybody's benefit soon after receiving them.



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