D Pasupati

I had little knowledge of him, till I got a bunch of recordings from a friend of mine under the folder “Personal Choices”; there were only a couple of concerts and on listening to those concerts, I realized I had missed an artist entirely! I got to know more about him being a faculty at the Kalakshetra etc, from a variety of sources.

Earlier this year he passed away following which there was a detailed coverage about him in the magazine ‘Sruti’ which I have been a reader from 1984. The obituary in The Hindu was very well written leaving little scope for others to say more about him. At the time of his passing, I had posted the concerts I had, on my blog as a remembrance to him. Recently I received a bunch of recordings of D Pasupati and here is all of what I have of Sri D Pasupati.

AIR Concert

  • varNam – sArangA
  • tulasi dLamula – mAyAmALavagowla
  • evari neevEDanu – bilahari
  • nEDE sukravAramu – hEmavati

AIR Arangisai

  • sri jAlandara – gammbeera nATai
  • Anada naTana – kdAram

AIR Chennai – 9-9-2002

  • kalinarulaku – mAyAmALavagowla
  • padmanAbha pAhi – hindOLam
  • parAkElanayyA – sAmA
  • prakkala nilapaDi – karaharapriyA
  • gOkula nilaya – bhimpalAs

AIR National Program – 1982

  • varNam – abhOgi
  • paripoorNa garuDAdri – nATa
  • rAmAbhi rAma – darbAr
  • marachitivEmO – poorvikalyANi
  • RTP – kAmbhOji
  • hari nAmamE – jOnpuri

AIR

  • varNam – sAvEri
  • anurAgamulE – saraswati
  • mamahrudayE – reetigowla
  • brihaspatE – aTANA
  • sri kAnta neeyeDa – bhavapriyA
  • nArAyaNA ninnu – suddha dhanyAsi
  • sEvinturA iTani – kalANi
  • talamEla kulamEla – sAvEri
  • sri pArtasArati – suddha dhanyAsi
  • apArada mulannu – latAngi
  • vihara mAnasa – kApi
  • meenAkshi mEmudam – poorikalyANi
  • brahma kaDigina – mukhAri

Sangeeta Sangamam

  • srimadAdi tyAgarAja – kalyANi
  • mA jAnaki – kAmbhOji
  • siva siva siva – pantuvarALi
  • ksheera sAgara – dEvagAndhAri
  • nagumOmu – AbhEri
  • endarO mahAnubhAvulu – sri

Annamachrya compositions

  • hari nAmamE – jOnpuri
  • endagAni vAnagAni – neelAmbari
  • muddugArE yasOda – kurunji
  • veeDu gadE sEshuDu – Ahiri
  • nAnATi bratuku – rEvati
  • tvamEva sharaNam – sri
  • ?? – bowLi
  • paripoorNa garuDAdri – nATa
  • iTu garuDani nee – kEdAram
  • nAnA dikkula – Ahiri
  • mandara dhara – bilahari
  • nava nAra (???) – Arabhi

At Kalakshetra

varNam – kalyANi

  • sri mahA ganapatim – aTANA
  • sri pArtasArati – suddha dhanyAsi
  • sAdinchanE – Arabhi
  • enduku dayarAdu – tODi
  • rAgavEndra guru – darbAr
  • tanakEda chaduvulu – sAmA
  • mahAtmulE – rishabhapriyA
  • thillAnA – suruTi
  • tullu mada – hamsAnandi

Mysore Vasudevachar Compositions

  • varNam (neevE rakshakuDavu) – kadanakutoohalam
  • kalinarulaku – mAyAmALavagowLa
  • kailAsapatE – kalyANi
  • girijA ramaNa – gambeera nATa
  • lambOdaram avalambE – kAmbhoji
  • varNam – kAnaDA
  • nArada gAna lOla – aTANA
  • neekabimAnamu lEdA – kOkilapriyA
  • sarasijanAbha sOdari – nAgagAndhAri
  • vandE anisham aham – hamsadwani
  • sri hari vallabE – udayaravihandrikA
  • parAkElanayyA – sAmA
  • kalayE mama hrudayE – kApi
  • pari pAhimAm – subhapantuvarALi
  • thillAnA – suruTi
  • gOkula nilaya – bhimpalAs
  • mama hrudayE – reetigowLa