swAgatam Subha swAgataM

This nostalgic song was performed during inaugural session of Asiad (Asian Games) held in New Delhi in 1982. Original score by Pandit Ravishankar. We could not find the original anywhere. That is the reason, there may be a deviation from the original. This was performed as a welcome song during India Association of Tallahassee's annual cultural program "Cultural Glimpses of India" on November 15, 2008, at Chiles High School, in Tallahassee. Orchestration was by Srinivasa Bharadwaj Kishore and singers are (From left to right) Priya Ram, Bharati Tenneti, Radhika Nori, Karthik Srivatsa, Srinivasa Bharadwaj Kishore, Vani Cheruvu, Moushumi Das, Ajay Vashisht, Ajay Walia, Priya Ashok, Deepa Sekhar and Gayatri Melkote, residents of Tallahassee.

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• swagatam
• swagatham
• Srinivasa
• Bharadwaj
• Kishore
• Karthik
• Srivatsa
• Radhika
• Nori
• Gayatri
• Melkote
• Deepa
• Sekhar
• Priya
• Ashok

[umapshanker]

My college in Secunderabad, DBPM College for Women, adapted this song during the period 1990-92. This was the welcome song in almost very event that took place in our college and our NSS volunteers continued at the State-level camp held at OU Campus during the end of 1991.

[srinikishore]

@umapshanker

I remember very well how this song used to ring in our ears around Asiad and for some reason. I had heard that some colleges and schools used this song for years after Asiad and looks like yours is one of them. I am trying to bring back all the nostalgic songs of yesteryears.

[gumnamish]

अथ स्वागतम , शुभ स्वागतम आनंद मंगल मंगलम | नित प्रिय भारत भारतम || नित्य निरंतारता, नवता , मानवता, समता , ममता | सारथी साथ मनोरथ का, जो अनिवार नहीं थमता || संकल्प अविजित अभिमतं | आनंद मंगल मंगलम || कुसुमित नई कामनाएं, सुरभित नई साधनाएँ | मैत्रिमत क्रीडांगन में , प्रमुदित नई भावनाएं || शाश्वत सुविक्षित अति शुभम | आनंद मंगल मंगलम ||

[srinikishore]

@gumnamish Thanks for posting devnagri lyrics. I think there is a slight difference from the version I had. My source had the lyrics as " प्रमुदित बंधु भावनाएं " instead of "प्रमुदित नई भावनाएं". I am not sure which is correct. If you are sure of yours, probably when we perform next, we will use your version of lyrics.

[gumnamish]

@SriniKishore, Your version is correct. Even my diary has the same one; somehow while typing it up I made the mistake. Good work!

[dingbat511]

@srinikishore

Great conduction and orchestration. The presentation is professional. The quality of audio in this video fantastic. Though the tabla was used more, the mridangam sound comes across beautifully. I think I can recognize atleast one person in the above group singers....nostalgic.

[2106karthik]

Hi Srini...Thanks for uploading nice song...by any chance do you have this song guitar notation?

[r8rdarklord]

@pbalankhe I tried to listen to Rahman's composition and turned it off, it was so bad. They should have requested greater composer than Rahman to write the lyrics and compose the song. If I remember right, the opening tune was played by Ustad Bismillah Khan saheb and the song was composed by Pt Ravi Shankar.