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'''Harivarasanam (ഹരിവരാസനം)''' is an '''urakku paattu'<nowiki/>'' (lullaby) sung for [[Ayyappan|Lord Ayyappan]] at [[Sabarimala|Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple]], situated in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. The song became popular through the first stanza in the ‘Keerthanam’ known as "Hariharatmajashtakam" (ഹരിഹരാത്മജാഷ്ട്ടകം) |
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The lullaby is written in the style of an ''ashtapadi'' and the exact origin of the song is unclear. A few contentious claims regarding the origins exists and it still lacks any consensus. The original version of the song is only sung vocally, inside the temple during the daily temple closing ceremony. The popular version of the song, which is sung differently from the original version is also played simultaneously through megaphones and speakers, for the devotees. |
The lullaby is written in the style of an ''ashtapadi'' and the exact origin of the song is unclear. A few contentious claims regarding the origins exists and it still lacks any consensus. The original version of the song is only sung vocally, inside the temple during the daily temple closing ceremony. The popular version of the song, which is sung differently from the original version is also played simultaneously through megaphones and speakers, for the devotees. |
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'Harivarasanam (ഹരിവരാസനം) is an urakku paattu' (lullaby) sung for Lord Ayyappan at Sabarimala Sree Dharma Sastha Temple, situated in the state of Kerala, India. The song became popular through the first stanza in the ‘Keerthanam’ known as "Hariharatmajashtakam" (ഹരിഹരാത്മജാഷ്ട്ടകം)
The lullaby is written in the style of an ashtapadi and the exact origin of the song is unclear. A few contentious claims regarding the origins exists and it still lacks any consensus. The original version of the song is only sung vocally, inside the temple during the daily temple closing ceremony. The popular version of the song, which is sung differently from the original version is also played simultaneously through megaphones and speakers, for the devotees.
Background
The first singers of Harivarasanam are from the bhajan singers of Purakkattu Anandeswaram Siva Temple. Later devotees known as Kalladakkoottam sang this song everywhere in Kerala and it started to become popular throughout the state.
It was formerly believed that the composition was written by Kambakudi Kulathur Srinivasa Iyer, who supposedly sung the lullaby before the deity after the athazha puja. In 1950's, one of the Melshanthis (priests) started to recite this ashtakam in the Sabarimala temple, beside the sanctum, every night after the Athazha Sheeveli (a ritual after the divine dinner) as a song to put lord Ayyappan to sleep.
It has also been claimed recently that the composition was written by Konnakathu Janaki Amma in circa 1907 to 1920, as an offering for lord Ayyappan. She had submitted the work to her father, Ananthakrishna Iyer, who was then the Sabarimala Melshanthi (Chief Priest). Mr. Padmakumar supports this claim, that his grandfather’s sister, whose father, Ananthakrishna Iyer, was the head priest at Sabarimala from 1907 to 1920. But, this is a recent claim, with no concurrent proof, apart from handwritten notes.
The song became extremely popular all over southern India, when it was included in the famous Malayalam film Swami Ayyappan in 1975. The song was rendered by Carnatic vocalist and playback singer K. J. Yesudas and composed in the Madhyamavati raga by composer late G. Devarajan. During his pilgrimage to Sabarimala in 2017, Yesudas claimed that the words ‘ari’ (enemy) and ‘vimardhanam’ (annihilation) in the lyrics should have been spelt separately, on behalf of the advice and new information he received from a scholar, and he would be happy to re-record it with due corrections.[1]
Lyrics
The lyrics were originally composed in the Sanskrit language but written in Malayalam script.
Malayalam (original) | Tamil | Telugu | Devanagari | |
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ഹരിവരാസനം വിശ്വമോഹനം |
ஹரிவராசனம் விஸ்வமோகனம்0 |
హరివరాసనం విశ్వమోహనం |
हरिवरासनं विश्वमोहनम्
हरिदधीश्वरमाराध्यपादुकम् । अरिविमर्दनं नित्यनर्तनम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ १॥ चरणकीर्तनं भक्तमानसम् भरणलोलुपं नर्तनालसम् । अरुणभासुरं भूतनायकम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ २॥ प्रणयसत्यकं प्राणनायकम्प्र णतकल्पकं सुप्रभाञ्चितम् । प्रणवमन्दिरं कीर्तनप्रियम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ३॥ तुरगवाहनं सुन्दराननम् वरगदायुधं वेदवर्णितम् । गुरुकृपाकरं कीर्तनप्रियम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ४॥ त्रिभुवनार्चितं देवतात्मकम् त्रिनयनप्रभुं दिव्यदेशिकम् । त्रिदशपूजितं चिन्तितप्रदम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ५॥ भवभयापहं भावुकावकम्भु वनमोहनं भूतिभूषणम् । धवलवाहनं दिव्यवारणम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ६॥ कलमृदुस्मितं सुन्दराननम् कलभकोमलं गात्रमोहनम् ।कलभकेसरीमाजिवाहनम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ७॥ श्रितजनप्रियं चिन्तितप्रदम् श्रुतिविभूषणं साधुजीवनम् । श्रुतिमनोहरं गीतलालसम् हरिहरात्मजं देवमाश्रये ॥ ८॥ ॥ इति श्री हरिहरात्मजाष्टकं सम्पूर्णम् ॥ शरणं अय्यप्पा स्वामी शरणं अय्यप्पा । |
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Harivarasanam Award
The Harivarasanam Award is an award jointly instituted by the Government of Kerala and Travancore Devaswom Board. It is awarded for contributions towards propagation of secularism, equanimity and universal brotherhood of Sabarimala through music.[2] It is being awarded since 2012. Each year, Harivarasanam Award is announced ahead of Makaravilakku festival in Sabarimala. The award consists of cash prize of ₹1 lakh, citations and plaque. [3]
Harivarasanam Centenary Celebrations
As it is known that Harivarasanam was originally written in year 1923, and by the year 2023 Centenary celebrations are taken up by Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam across India. Celebrations were launched by Governor of Tamil Nadu state,[4] Meastro Ilayaraja - Music Director has been selected as National Committee Chairman for the same.
See also
References
- ^ Kuttoor, Radhakrishnan (4 January 2018). "Trust to rerecord Harivarasanam". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
- ^ "Renowned music composer Ilaiyaraaja was awarded the Harivarasanam Award for 2020 by the Kerala Government". VajiramIAS.com. 16 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Harivarasanam Award for Ilaiyaraja". The Times of India. 28 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Chennaivision (13 June 2022). "Governors inaugurate Harivarasanam Centenary celebrations". Tamil Nadu News, Chennai News, Tamil Cinema News, Tamil News, Tamil Movie News, Power Shutdown in Chennai, Petrol and Diesel Rate in Chennai. Retrieved 19 August 2022.