Sri Swathi Tirunal’s Navaratri Kritis is a unique book exclusively prepared for students and lovers of Carnatic music who like to learn the Navaratri Kritis in detail. The notations made by the author are easy to understand. In one of the quartets of Carnatic music, Swathi Tirunal composed 472 Kritis. Many of his compositions are yet to be explored. He was the only composer who could compose in multiple languages like Sanskrit, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi. He also invented many new ragas like Saranganatta, Lalita Panchamam, Mohana Kalyani Dvijavanti and Gopika Vasantam. He was the only South Indian Vagyekara who composed Bhajans, Drupad, Khyaal, Tappa and Tillanas. Harikatha was introduced by Swathi Tirunal. He also used Abhangas, Dinders and Chhands, which are in Marathi song formats. Swathi Tirunal was very sincerely devoted to Padmanabha Swami and Saraswathi Devi. The phrase ‘Padmanabha Sahodari’ was his Mudhra Charanam. The Nine Gems of his Navaratri Kritis were among his best-known compositions, and he ensured that they are sung on all nine days of Navaratri. He introduced the ritual of bringing Saraswathi Devi’s idol from Padmanabhapuram to Travancore, accompanied by the idols of Lord Karthikeya and Goddess Munnotty Nanga. The lyrics of the nine Navaratri Kritis with meanings of the songs are exhibited brilliantly. This book offers you a glimpse of the life and history of Maharaja Swathi Tirunal and the stories of people who made a profound impact on the young king in his very short life. The wonderful paintings on the incidents of Swathi Tirunal’s life and the collection of photographs are the special attractions of the book.

Contribution of Svātitirunāḷ, 1813-1846, Maharaja of Travancore and exponent of Carnatic music to Indian classical music.

"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener.It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 december, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio,New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 15/10/1961 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 64 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXVI. No. 42 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 11-64 ARTICLE: 1. Saving for the Plan 2. Man Thought the Ages 3. What Life has Tought me 4. Visitor to a Prison Without Bars 5. Cultural Contacts : India And Iran 6. Tagore And Politics AUTHOR: 1. Smt. Tarakeshwari Sinha 2. Sardar K. M. Panikkar 3. Dilip Kumar Roy 4. Godfrey Carter 5. Dr. Tara Chand 6. Dr. Radhakumud Mukherjee Document ID : 16 Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals.For reproduction previous permission is essential.

The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it was published by All India Radio,New Delhi.From July 3 ,1949,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes,who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: The Indian Listener LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 15-10-1950 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 48 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XV. No. 42. BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS): 16-43 ARTICLE: 1. Self-Sufficiency in Food 2. Chemistry and Industry 3. What Price Beauty? 4. Indo-Pakistan Agreement AUTHOR: 1. Prof. C. N. Vakil 2. Dr. P. V. Nair 3. Maya Jamil 4. Mohammad Khuda Bakhsh KEYWORDS: 1. Production of foodgrains, Grow More Food Scheme 2. Chemicals of industrial utility, Chemicals in plastic age 3. Craze for beauty, Beauty advertisements 4. Failure of Indo-Dominion Agreement, Minority Commissions of India and Pakistan Document ID: INL-1950 (J-D) Vol-III (18)

"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 24 JULY, 1966 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 80 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXXI, No.30 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 13-79 ARTICLE: 1. Swati Tirunal (1) As a Musician 2. (2)—The Man 3. Heavy Electricals (India) Ltd 4. The Laccadives 5. Delving Into the Thesaurus 6. Somerset Maugham—The Traveller in His Stories 7. Nepa Mills AUTHOR: 1. Prof. R. Srinivasan 2. Kannikara M . Kumara Pilla 3. K. C. Lull 4. K. V. Krishna Ayyar 5. E. H. Semmens 6. Dr. Ram K .VEpa 7. P S . Kothari KEYWORDS : 1.His style,his compositions,very popular, 2.A great soul,changes in Carnatic music, 3.The progress,the heavy electrical equipment factory situated 4.Influence of Brahmins,their history,cause of separation 5.Illusions,language,first introduction 6.Inveterate traveller,lyrical about nature’s moods,most unlikely backgrounds 7.Causes of failure,expansion programme,no substitute possible,selling price Document ID : APE-1966 (J-S) Vol-II-04 Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential.