on the NJ/NY SatAvadhAnam

Ramakrishna S. Pillalamarri (pkrishna@ARL.MIL)
Sun, 8 Sep 96 2:31:34 EDT 

Returned about two hours ago from this place (a 4-hour drive), with the 
extemporaneous poetry still ringing in my ears.

What a magnificent feat! avadhAni nAgaphaNi Sarma reeled gems of poems 
one after another, completing a varnana here, an Asuvu there, a datta padi 
here, and a samasya there, many times giving the whole poem at a stretch, 
to save the total time for the event. 

It started at about 9:30 and was still going on at 8:30 pm, when I HAD to 
leave. Leaving for LA on an early morning flight, Sunday.

Nagulapalli Srinivas came from DC. Prabhakar Vissavajjhala from NY, 
Chodavarapu Prasad  (would he give us his complete name once again, in 
this forum?) from Rochester, Kotapati Sambasiva Rao and NASY from the 
Philedelphia area, Juvvadi Ramana from Jesey (?), Vadaparthy (now I know 
how to pronounce it - vADaparti) Kumar from Morrisville, NJ, and perhaps 
some others that I am forgetting ot have not noticed.

No, Ramabhadra Rao & Phani - I thought you deserved a special mention, coming 
all the way from Atlanta.

I am sure this avadhAnam will result in several posts from several of 
the participants and audience from several angles. I wanted to take a first 
shot at it, 'cos I may not be able to post (wanna bet?) for a while, if 
"rAcakAryAlu" won't allow it. A variety sampler from the day:

Samasya, given by NASY - SreedEvini cEta baTTa cintalu deerun

	E dEvadEvi karuNA
	prAdurbhootaika nitya bahu sampanna-
	Sree dAnambagunO, A 
	SreedEvini cEta baTTa cintalu deerun

Samasya, given by Devarakonda Srinivasa Rao

	kumbhini sarwa dAnavula gUlcenu, vaccenu vajra pANi, sOt-
	tambhita dhee vilAsuDani tattaragA sabha kEga nenci, sam-
	rambhamu tODa kATukanu rAse mukhammuna, mooti paina, nA 
	rambhaku mootipai molace, ramya navAnkura reeti meesamul

Samasya, given by pudoor Jagadeeswaran (himself an ashTAvadhAni)

	SankAtankamu lElA?
	sankalpita reeti dhanuvu SatathA virigen,
	swAnkitu rAmuni, lOka va-
	Sankaruni varince seeta janakuni yeduTan

Couple of AP questions from Chitten Raju Vanguri & Appajosyula Satyanarayana

	makuTam tala paina unDAli kadA, SatakamlO pAdam civaralO unTundEm?

    Ans saraswatee dEvi pAdam daggara makuTam peTTaTam kavulaku AcAram

    Q   Rambha, Urvasi, Menaka, Tilottama mee inTiki vocci talupu koDitE, 
	meeru EmanTAru?

    Ans nalugurEnA? 
	(laughter in the audience) - avadhAni continued...
	nAku enimidi mandi kAvAli, avadhAnAniki!

I hope to post more, and certainly read more posted by others.

Ramakrishna