Sushila Ramanan, the wife of ashram president, learned to sing Akshara Mana Malai in nine ragas from Sri Ramana ammal. (Note Raga is a traditional melodic type in Hindu music, consisting of a theme that expresses an aspect of religious feeling and sets forth a tonal system on which variations are improvised within a prescribed framework of typical progressions, melodic formulas, and rhythmic patterns). During the annual Sharad Navaratri festival Akshara Mana Malai -the rare gem of hymnal praise of Lord Arunachala composed by Sri Ramana Maharshi- is sung in nine melodious ragas before the Divine Mother. Each set of twelve verses are sung in a special raga. Sri Ramani Ammal set the one hundred and eight verses of Akshara Mana Malai in nine different Ragas. She gave music lessons to many fortunate ladies in Ramananagar. His daughter Sri Ramani Ammal was a talented musician. This powerful song invokes the Grace of the Master and is sung in many programs of Ramana Sat Sanghs. Manavasi Ramaswami Iyer discovered the healing powers of Sri Ramana Maharshi during Virupaksha days and composed the “Saranagati” song.
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