Raga Ragini Vidya - Sri Swamiji (Live in the Tonhalle Zurich, 10 October 1998)

The music of Sri Swamiji has an extremely relaxing, happiness inducing and harmonizing effect on the body, the mind and the soul. Based on the original sound “Aum“ and differentiated by the knowledge of Raag Ragini Vidya, these sounds create musical vibrations, which correspond to the basic elements, which are also the substance that human beings are made of. Thus, the earth, fire, water and air vibrations create a more or less intensive, soothing inner peace in the human being, depending on the individual affinity to the above mentioned elements. We wish you happy listening. Disc I 1. Intro 2. Pranavasvarupam Raga Rushyaketu Priya 3. Anaghastami Raga Amrita Varshini 4. Nada Himalaya Raga Malika 5. Om Iti Brahma Raga Mishra Bhirav 6. Shiva Shiva Shankara Raga Chakravaka Disc II: 1. Palaya Mamiha Raga Hamsanandi 2. Dancing Tune Raga Shankarabharana 3. Tender Touch Raga Shankarabharana 4. Magalam Raga Sama © Avadhoota Datta Peetham Datta Nagar, Mysore, India. All Rights Reserved. Dattapithadipaty Paramapujya Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji, Synthesizer, Vocals Star violinist and guest musician, Dr. lakshinarayana Subramaniam Sreenath Subramanya Jaitra Varanasi, Violin Ramani Thyagarajan, Transverse Flute Rudrapatna Shankar Ramesh, Mrudangam Rajappa Manjunath, Ghatam Tirumalai Anandahan Pulai Ramanujam, Morsing Srinivas Mahesh, Tabla Collegal Shankaran Radhakrishna, Handbells and Background Vocals Sri Krishna Stick, Keyboard, Harmonium “ ...the final touch is the celestial music...“ This statement was made by the international expert jury that gave the Telecab 200’0 an award in connection with the DuPont Benedictus Award 1998. The creator of this heavenly music is Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji, Pontifex of Datta Peetham in Mysore, India, a Siddha Nada yogi (accomplished master of sounds). “...Raga Ragini’s system of ancient Indian classical music recognizes its varied application to heal the tense mind. Much research has gone into the healing application of music...“ (Sri Swamiji). Besides the special mention by the Benedictus Award Jury, IGGZ, Institut fur Ganzheitliche Gestaltung Zurich, has received feedback from many Telecab users reporting happiness, relaxation and soothing feelings when listening to the sounds of Sri Swamiji in the telephone booths. “...I had this feeling of peace and quiet...“it was like being in another world...“Maybe the people from the Swiss Broadcasting corporation had a similar experience, because they called the Telecab “Temple of Contemplation.“ All this very positive feedback has led Hans Ulrich Imesh, owner of IGGZ and spiritual father of the Telecab, to invite Sri Swamiji to Zurich to give a unique concert, which took place on Sunday, 10 October 1998, in the large auditorium of the Tonhalle Zurich. Besides the healing effects of the concert confirmed by many spectators, the guest of honour, Mr. Felix Weber, Director of Swisscorm AG, expressed the deeper meaning in this welcome speech:. “...for me it is important to see here the globalization from another point of view, to see how our dear Swamiji and bring together elements of different cultures to unite in one work. For the globalization, it is important to understand cultures, traditions and evolutions, but also to understand the different behaviors. And the music is certainly something which helps us to get closer...“.