This piece looks like a simple keertanam, but is treasure on the concepts of Sanatana
Dharma. Adi Sankara in the sloka, “soundarya lahari” describes the beauty of mother Goddess. In his foot steps, this poet Lingaraja describes Her as an unending wave of sringara.
Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy, an ardent lover of the concept of Mother Goddess has
picked three nAmAvaLis from Lalitha Sahasranama (that describe her nayika aspects)
to give a prelude to the piece. A slowpaced jati (from Padmasri Smt Chitra
Visweswaran’s repertoire) has been used in the anupallavi. The caranam ends with
karuna rasa, while the opening of the song has sringara. This again falls in line with
Adi Sankara’s Sloka no.51, where the mother Goddess is portrayed as ‘the attractive
one’

Jagyaseni Chatterjee:
Jagyaseni's canvas is wide and deep. A perpetual learner and researcher, she is a disciple of Dr.Lakshmi Ramaswamy since 2015. A Loreto College Alumni, she moved to Chennai leaving her hometown Kolkata after her Masters in Human Rights and went onto pursuing Masters in Bharatanatyam from the University of Madras.

As a dance critic and writer she has written extensively on dance and culture for The Hindu, The Deccan Chronicle, The New Indian Express and other media houses.

Her paper presentations in national and international seminars have received commendable appreciation for their new dimensions.
As a curator, she leads and organizes thought provoking cultural events with the Natyamrita Manthan team and The Indian dance Experience YouTube Channel.

An active performer, Jagyaseni is a Graded artist of Doordarshan and the recipient of the title ‘Natya Ratna’ from Trinity Arts in 2018 and the 'Best Performer' Award for Outsganding Performance 2020 from Parthasarathy Swami Sabha.

She is a fulltime faculty at Dr.Lakshmi Ramaswamy's Sri Mudhraalaya and also takes care of various administration processes along with Dr. Lakshmi.
She also writes poetry in the name of 'scribblebuff'.


About Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy
Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy is a Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher and a choreographer. Her Bharatanatyam dance institution Sri Mudhraalaya is now 26 years old. Lakshmi Ramaswamy is a US Fulbright Fellow (2000), a Senior Fellow at the Ministry of Culture (India), recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Award - Kalaimamani (2017) and a ‘Top’ graded artist of Doordarshan.

The 1st doctorate in Bharatanatyam from the department of music at the University of Madras, she serves in the same as a Guest Faculty and has conducted many Indian Classical dance workshops and lectures in Chennai, Kolkata, U S and Canada.

She has written Bharatanatyam course books for Annamalai and Alagappa University & course material for Prayathnam as well. She is a consultant for Alagappa University and is invited to play the role of an examiner by several-dance institutions and regional selection committees.

Bharatanatyam dancer, Lakshmi Ramaswamy has also authored Bharatanatyam books for dance students, researchers and art readers.

Sri Mudhraalaya:
Started in the year 1994, Sri Mudhraalaya is a registered society with satellite institutions headed by her students, in different parts of Chennai.

The institution offers group and individual classes that aims at: holistic training in practical dancing, theory and exercises, nattuvangam, costume design and makeup, backstage management, stage presentation, production assistance, lighting, choreography and teachers training.

It gives wide scope to serious learners by encouraging them to perform at prestigious festivals especially the Chennai music and dance festival. Some of them are establishing themselves as marked soloists, PhD scholars and Graded artists in India.

Sri Mudhraalaya offers Scholarship to outstanding students; ‘Suvidhyaarthi’ to deserving students has also been instituted.

Bharatanatyam:
Bharatanatyam is one of the 8 classical dance forms of India. Originally from Tamil Nadu, it is now practiced throughout the world and is a popular genre in many Indian Dande Festivals. The Bharatanatyam dancer is accompanied with the Nattuvangam, Violin, Mridangam and the Flute along with the Vocal rendition during a Bharatanatyam performance. Originally performed mainly in temple dance, this Indian dance form has now spread across languages, genres, religion and boundaries. A regular Bharatanatyam repertoire consists of an Alarippu, Jathiswaram, Sabdam, Varnam, Padam and a Thillana.