Dedicated to

Parvathi Nagaswamy

This Journal is dedicated to the memory of Parvathi Nagaswamy who stepped into heaven at the age of 60 on Aug 22nd 1999. Parvathi was a keen student of Sanskrit and Tamil literature and was a talented musician. She was deeply devoted to Tevaram, Divya prabhandam, Thirupukaz, Lalitha sahasranamam, Thyagaraja's kirtanas and other classical compositions. Parvathi set to music most of the songs for my dance dramas, directed and sang for the dances which were staged in different parts of the world like Germany, England, USA, Canada and other places. She has given concerts in All India radio and BBC. She was an enlightned critic of fine arts. The audio presented here was recorded in 1984 when Parvati tuned the invocatory song of my dance drama Rajarajavijayam, with out instrumental support.