An Audio CD featuring recitals of Oothukkadu Kritis on Veena by Jayalakshmi Sekhar. Accompanying Jayalakshmi Sekhar is T. K. Ramakrishnan on the Mridangam and Trivandrum D. Rajagopal on the Ganjira, listeners of this veena recital could easily embark on the sublimity of Oothukkadu Kritis.

Oothukkadu Kritis are unique Carnatic music compositions by Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi. In the galaxy of music, he will always find a place as a shining star.  Venkata Kavi was a great personality, an innovator who contributed a lot to Carnatic music. A complete master of music in all senses of the term, he has total command over melody, rhythm and lyrics besides being fluent in Sanskrit and Tamil. He was proficient in a variety of musical forms such as kriti, javali, tillana and kavadi chindu.

An adept performer of Veena, Jayalakshmi Sekhar is well known among her audience for her pure classical rendering. She has been performing in Chennai during the annual music festival and also in other parts of India and abroad. In her career as a musician for the past 15 years she has received notable recognitions and awards
 

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