Lets have a darshan of a Great Bhagavathar today

He was a star attraction and a crowd puller in those days. Very religious, strict abider of sampradhaya. He was considered a Very good singer. He was adhering to paddathi always but very innovative in approach. He was popular for introducing namavalis. I must say that what we sing as abhangs nowadays are the tunes composed by him and a great gift from this Mahaan. A very noble hearted man, he foresaw that namasankeerthanam will take a great part in a man's pursuit one day and compiled many songs, abhangs, and from all dravidian languages. He was associated with all the greats of those days and maintained an unique place too. He used to conduct Radhakalyanam at Nungambakkam and Triplicane regularly.

I must very humbly accept that singing for the benefit of listeners is his technique and we all have adopted this. He was a good organizer. He has started Panduranga Bhajan Mandali and Still now it grows in leaps and bounds. He had ardent devotees and shishyaas to carry on his mission. T.S.Krishna Murthy, Venkatesa Bagavathar and many more are there to mention. I remember one abhangam of all he sang still, "Nama gethaa utaa uti". A beautiful tune still mesmerizing. His name "Bhagavatha Shiromani T.V.Narayana Sastri" will ever be in the names of any one sing bhajan ever. You must live with a purpose having taken a human form. He achieved it like our Pudukkottai Appa. Please see our Dear Khole Nataraja Iyer is playing Mridangam in photo above.

I forgot to mention that he brought out a tamil bhajan sampradhaya bhajan book with the help of his great admirer and shishyaa "Kodai Idi A.K.Gopala Iyengar" which was still now very popular.

He has left behind his entire clan to carry on his Mission. His son "Chelli Vaidhyanathan" and grand son "Ananthanarayanan" are still performing and Let gurunathar bless this family. My best wishes to Ananthu for his bright future. Radhekrishna