smaramyaham vinayakam (Kanniks Kannikeswaran)

American School of Indian Art presents 'Vinayakam'. Composed by Kanniks Kannikeswaran in 1991, its first choral performance at 'Basant - A Musical Celebration of Spring' was recorded later in 1994. Included in this clip are i) part of a 1997 performance, ii) footage from the Manakkula Vinayakar temple - Pondicherry, iii) footage of a ceremonial procession of an image of narttana Vinayakar - George Town - Madras (Chennai), along with several images of Ganesha.

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[sarigama7]

This is a very moving spiritual bhajan.The singers have good synchronization and the visuals are good.I would like to have the lyrics of this beautiful bhajan.Who is the composer?you could have added some swaras also.

[asiapub]

@sarigama7 : Please send me your email address. Shall email the lyrics to you.

[sarigama7]

I would like to have the lyrics

[sarigama7]

I would like to have the lyrics of this beautiul bhajan

[swapice]

No matter how often I listen to this, something happens deep inside me. This song moves me the same way it did when I listened to it first 14 years back. Kanniks at his very best..

[phanicorn]

nice video

[vsn207]

Jay Ganesh. Great video. Kudos to Kanniks and his team. The background videos and pictures are awesome.

[tngodncr]

Wow... look at this old footage from 12 years ago.... :-)  Was this the St. John's performance?