Sowmya Acharya presented Enakkun iru padam, a beautiful Tamil Ragamalika composition of Shri Arunachala Kavi on the Ramayana.
Lyrics (Credits to Rasikas.org)
(rAgA: kalyANi)
P: enakkun irupadam ninaikka varamaruLvAi
shrI rAmacandrA enakkun irupadam ninaikka varamaruLvAi
C1: enakkun irupadam ninaikka varamaruL initta dasharathan tanakku maghan
enum manattinuDan avatarittu munivaran maghattil arakkiyai vadaitta arasE
(rAgA: bhairavi)
2: naDakkaiyilE ahaliyaikku krpai sheidu naDattij-janakan vil oDittu jAnaki kai
piDittu parashurAmanukkum mamataiyaip-pirittu nagaril vandirukkum ayyanE
(rAgA: kEdAragauLa)
3: tarikkum muDi bharatanuk-kudavi nadit-taTattil guhanuDan aDuttu citrakUTa-
varaikkuL jAnakiyODirukkat-tuNaivan nal vaNakkam sheya magizh gunak-kunjaramE
(rAgA: tODi)
4: tuDitta bharatanum oDukkamuDan vara toDuttamidiyaDi koDuttarasu sheya
vaDakkil avanaiyum viDuttu naDuvilE vanattil varum vIrATanaik-konravanE
(rAgA: mOhana)
5: viDukkariya jaTAyuvukk-kuravu sholi viDuttuk-koNDu pancavaTikku shenravuDan
aDutta shUrpaNaki koDutta kharadUShaNat-tirishirar muDi tuNitta rAghavA
(rAgA: dhanyAsi)
6: tanittu varu mArIcanaik-konroru gavandanukk-aruLi hanumanaik-koNDoru
sugrIvanuk-kudavi vAli tanaip-porudi vAnarap-paDaiyai Adaritta duraiyE
(rAgA: shahAnA)
7: irukkum hanuman vanduraikka nishicarar irukkai arinda pin eritta kaDalilE
perukka aNai sheidu varukkam varukkamA pelatta arakkanait-tolaitta deivamE
(rAgA: ShaNmukhapriyA)
8: koDiya indajittan bhrahastan mudalAghak-koLLum mUla bala veLLa arakkar tam
muDiyum kumbhakarNam muDiyum rAvaNan muDiyum poDiyAga viDu pungavanE.
(rAgA: madhyamAvati)
9: ninaittapaDi vibhISaNark-karashu pera nirutti oru puSpa rathattil Eri vandu
dhanattil uyar tarum ayOddhiyilE simmAdanattir-irukkum raghukulak-kumaranE
A graded vocalist of All India Radio, Sowmya Acharya is a disciple of Maestros Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran and Acharya Ratnakara Chitravina N. Narasimhan. She has also learned from Smt Anuradha Sridhar and Shri Chitravina Ganesh in her earlier training. Blessed with a melodious and vibrant voice, Sowmya’s musical training started at the early age of 6 and her musical career was formally launched in 1997 under the guidance of Vidwan Shri C.N Thyagaraju where she performed a critically acclaimed 3.5 hour marathon performance at Singapore with stalwart accompanists.
A graded vocalist of All India Radio, Sowmya Acharya is a disciple of Maestros Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N Ravikiran and Acharya Ratnakara Chitravina N. Narasimhan. She has also learned from Smt Anuradha Sridhar and Shri Chitravina Ganesh in her earlier training. Blessed with a melodious and vibrant voice, Sowmya’s musical training started at the early age of 6 and her musical career was formally launched in 1997 under the guidance of Vidwan Shri C.N Thyagaraju where she performed a critically acclaimed 3.5 hour marathon performance at Singapore with stalwart accompanists.
Sowmya has since performed at several prestigious venues across USA, Singapore and India including the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, Singapore Fine Arts, Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Chennai, Chennaiyil Tiruvaiyaru, Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai Fine Arts and Unnati, Bangalore. She has also released an audio album of Bharatiyar compositions.