DAY -2 |108th Birth Anniversary Of Our ParamaGuru SANGITHA KALANIDHI DR.SREEPADA PINAKAPANI Garu|

PART 2:
"Dr. Pinakapani was not a person. He was an institution." - R 'Spencer' Venugopal
Sangeetha Kalanidhi Padmabhushan Dr. Sripada Pinakapani garu was one of the greatest musical minds of the 20th century. From his first fateful meeting with Rangaramanuja Ayyangar to his 99-year young self exclaiming in delight as a disciple sang for him beside his bed, it would be far from an exaggeration to state that he lived and breathed music. As a flourishing medical practitioner, the Dean of Kurnool Medical College, wrestler, bodybuilder and proficient sportsman, just to name a few, he was the consummate polymath. Even with a hectic agenda where time itself was at a premium, he managed to amass an enviable collection of compositions and train a talented group of students who later went on to be the very creme-de-la-creme of the Carnatic milieu.
It is not often that a 108th birth anniversary tribute is the 9th edition of its kind. His powerful body and perennially-active musical mind ensured that he lived to see his sishyas burgeon and develop into fine musicians in their own right. Even as his voice began to deteriorate, Pinakapani garu continued to sing - from his chair, his bed, and in all probability with renewed vigour in the realms above. As his students, family, friends and admirers, we would like to join our hands in tribute to the institution that is Dr. Sripada Pinakapani garu.
In Part 2 of this tribute, we continue the musical celebration with short renditions by many students from Pinakapani garu's sishya parampara followed by a grand recital by the Malladi Brothers, interspersed with some interesting memories of the great man in photographic and audiovisual form.
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha.

[@raghunandansrinivasan773]

Doctor for our body, mind and soul alike! Thank you.

[@padren1]

Excellent - Beautiful - outstanding - incredible program to pay homage to Sri Pani garu 🙏🙏

[@kvsubbalakshmi5056]

వీనుల విందు. శతాధిక వత్సరాల సంగీత కళానిధి స్మరణ నేటితరానికి ఆశీర్వాదం

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Chaalaa Baagaa Paadutunnaru Dr Umadevi Garu.

[@norilalitha2106]

Awesome Maa

[@sridevimandapaka3334]

చాలా బాగుంది

[@shriraksha3824]

Awesome

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👍🙏🙏🙏🙏👌