Answers to Carnatic Quick Crossword - 2

4.The Lord of the First Dhivyadesam in South Africa, is an offspring of Kalyani (7) RANGA in SA = SARANGA

6. & 3 dn. Lakshmi and Parvathi, who share Ramanan (3,3)MAA- lakshmi, UMA- parvathi(in this song, PS glorifies vishnu and shiva side by side, maa ramanan - lakshmi's lover is vishnu, uma ramanan, parvathi's lover is shiva, mara janaka - manmatha's father is vishnu, kumara janaka - karthikeya's father is shiva etc.)

7.Hindustani Shankarabharanam (7) BILAVAL

10.hari, i could not find food even if i sing it from the right(5) reverse of AHIRI (hari,i anagram) is IRIHA

11.Disciple of MLV (5)SUDHA

13. see 8 dn.

14.Girl singing this subtle swaram (3)ANU in anu-swaram

15.Vaas used to sing this raga while getting a tan (7) VASANTA - (vaas + tan anagram)


Down:
1.Parvathi of 'Thiruvilaiyadal' is a daughter of harikambodhi (7) SAVITRI

2.The path in 'Dur Marga Chara' is upside down (5) MARGA - when upside down is AGRAM

3.see 6 ac.

5.A Bihar medley is a majestic melody (6)ARABHI - anagram

8.& 13.ac : Put flowers before Slumdog heroine, and she will sing this raga (6,7) PUSHPA-flowers, LATHIKA - name of slumdog female protagonist

9.Tisram is represented by ______(7) THAKITA

12._________ Krishnaswamy Pattammal (5) DAMAL

14.A difficult talam, without roman numbers (3) TALAM without L,M =ATA.'talam' is used as a recursive clue.

Answers to Carnatic Quick Crossword -1

across:

5. AMBUJAM KRISHNA - straight clue
8. coffee - JAVA, with LI = JAVALI
10. I, jogged-RAN, january beginning-JAN, with KARAN = KARNARANJANI
11. I, value added tax-VAT,lass-HEMA = HEMAVATI, it was a little confusing i agree, it cud have been rupavati or senavati also. so, hemavati, rupavati and senavati all 3 are correct.
12. voice-VANI, parrot-KEERA = KEERAVANI


down:
1. wcm composer-VIVALDI ,without L (life's beginning)= VIVADI
2. croon-SING, more when trimmed is MOR = MORSING
3. A, divine swan - HANSA, = SAHANA
4. MADHYAMAVATI - straight clue
6. BHIMA, PLS = BHIMPLAS
7. SALLABAM or SALLAPAM - straight clue
9. SENJURUTI= JENJOTI or JINJOTI or JENJUTI

i had purposefully avoided anagram indicators, which would have made it very easy.

Carnatic Quiz Answers

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CQ1. GNANA VINAYAGANE, GAMBEERA NATTAI, SARAVANA BHAVANANDA

CQ2. RAMA NEE PAI, KEDHARAM, THYAGARAJA, ALATHUR BROTHERS

CQ3. AMBA PARA DEVATHE, RUDRA PRIYA, KRISHNASWAMI IYER, ALATHUR BROS

CQ4. PANCHA NADHEESHA , PURNACHANDRIKA, PATNAM SUBRAMANYA IYER

CQ5. SONNADHAI SEIDHIDA SAGASAMA, GNB,

CQ6. PAALINCHU, KAMBOJI, MADURAI SOMU

CQ7. PAPANASAM SIVAN

CQ8. NINNUVINA, NAVARASA KANADA, THYAGARAJA, RUPAKAM

CQ9. AADUM CHIDAMBARAMO, MS - GOPALAKRISHNA BHARATHI, BEHAG

CQ10. BHAVAMU LONA, MS - ANNAMACHARYA, SUDHA DHANYASI, ADI

CQ11. AYYE METHA KADINAM, DESIKAR - NANDHANAR, NADHA NAMAKRIYA (starts with PUNNAGAVARALI)

CQ12. MANA VYALA KIM CHARA, MALI - THYAGARAJA, NALINAKANTHI

CQ13. NAINA PILLAI http://narayananswaminathan.blogspot.com/2009/05/naina-pillai.html

CQ14. THIRUPUGAZH, 'ERU MAYIL' , NEYVELI SANTHANAGOPALAN - BAGESHRI

CQ15. SADANANDHA THANDAVAM, NEYVELI - BAHUDARI, ACHUTA DASAR

CQ16. SARASIJANABHA SODHARI, S.BALACHANDER - NAGA GANDHARI, DIKSHITAR

CQ17. VARA RAGA LAYA, SUDHA - THYAGARAJA, CHENCHU KAMBOJI, ADI

CQ18. MARATHI ABHANG, SUDHA - NAMDEV, MISRA MARU BEHAG, EKAM

CQ19. COMMON:
KARNA RANJANI RAGA

DIFFERENCE:
SUDHA, Om Namo Narayana, Ambujam Krishna
NITHYASHREE, Vanchathonuna, Harikeshanallur Muthaiah Bhagavathar

CQ20. CHINNAN CHIRU KILIYE - NEELAMANI, C.R.SUBBARAMAN

CQ21. MAHARAJAPURAM SANTHANAM

CQ22. CHATUSRA JATHI MISRA GATHI EKA THALAM / MOVIE: KAN KAATCHI

CQ23. MAHARAJAPURAM SANTHANAM / BASANT BAHAR

CQ24. SHANKARABHARANAM / HARIKESHANALLUR M.BHAGAVATHAR /SEETHA DORAISWAMY(photo)

CQ25. VASANTHA, KEDHARA GOWLAI, ARABHI

CQ26. Ragamalika, Ragamudra and Swaraksharam

CQ27. Gajananayutham - vega vahini, Dikshitar (Chakravagam)

CQ28. Varasidhi vinayakam, Kalpagam Swaminathan - Muthiah Bhagavathar, Kaanada

CQ29. MSG Narmada, Saraswathi

CQ30 . Raa raa seetharamani, MDR, Thyagaraja, Hindhola vasantham

CQ31 . Janakiramana, Thyagaraja, Sudha seemanthini

CQ32 . Varalandukommani, Thyagaraja, Dr.S.Ramanathan, Gurjari

CQ33 . Nannu kanna talli, Lalitha & Nandhini - Thyagaraja, Sindhu kannada, Adi

CQ34 . Vyasaraya

CQ35 . Nenarunchinanu, Thyagaraja, Malavi

CQ36 . Kambakkudi Kulathur Iyer, Madhyamavathi, Music by Devarajan

CQ37 . Nenarunchara, Mysore Nagaraj and Manjunath, simhavahini, Thyagaraja

CQ38 . Thyagarajaswamy http://www.sruti.org/sruti/srutiArticleDetails.asp?ArticleId=4

CQ39 . L.Shankar, double violin, Abheri http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Shankar

CQ40 . Interestingly Nagumomu is the only composition in Abheri by Thyagarajaswamy

CQ41 . Crossword: http://sunson.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/solution-to-carnatic-cryptic-crossword-puzzle-5/

CQ42 . Enta muddo enta soguso, Thygaraja, Bindumalini, accompanied by Kanyakumari

CQ43 . Giriraja sutha, Thyagaraja, Bangala

CQ44 . Niravadhi sukadha, Thyagaraja, Ravichandrika

CQ45 . Chittibabu playing 'Kommalo Koyala', a cuckoo in a branch, in maand.

CQ46 . Crossword :http://narayananswaminathan.blogspot.com/2009/07/answers-to-carnatic-quick-crossword-1.html

CQ47 . Crossword :http://narayananswaminathan.blogspot.com/2009/07/answers-to-carnatic-quick-crossword-2.html

CQ48 . Swaravardhini, Sriranjani, Hamsanandhi, Vasantha, Lalitha. http://kanniks.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/salangai-oli-naada-vinodangal-panchama-varja-panchamam/

CQ49 . Crossword :http://narayananswaminathan.blogspot.com/2009/09/answers-to-carnatic-quick-crossword-3.html

CQ50 . Vaasanthi thillana, Lalgudi Jayaraman