Shankar Bhat - Puttur, India
Really a fantastic site for promoting music. Please see the website of a blind veena artist MANIPAL ARUNA KUMARI, who is acclaimed as the world's first blind veena artist of excellence.
Website: www.manipalarunakumari.com
Her blog: www.aruna-veena.blogspot.com

V.P. Sadagopan - Chennai, India
Hats off to the highly readable and comprehensive article on Carnatic music and Tamil cine music. You have not missed out a single name of artist who has done the best possible for maintaining high standards. Sri Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan deserves a special mention as, amidst severe criticism and even ridicule at times, he has been strenuously popularising ragas on his inimitable violin through cine songs. He has also scored music as music director for films....Good work. Keep it up!

Anjali Nandan - Arkensas (U.S)
The site is clean and appealing. I like the Ragas and the Views sections, as these are a great source of learning to me. I am looking forward to read more on stuffs that can educate a beginner like me. I feel each weblinks given can be classified under respective titles or can mention what is that link about. Wish you all the best. I believe few years from now this site would be a one-stop shop for Carnatic music.

Jairam Iyer - Mumbai, India
Excellent website. Why don't you get some commercial backing - you could do great things if supported well. My best wishes for a grand success of this site.

Saroja & Lalitha (Bombay sisters)
An excellent site. We wish you all success in your endeavour. Best wishes & blessings...

Ajanthie Mathanakaran
I thoroughly agree with what Srimati Jayashri is saying. In particular, one thing that I can relate to is particular ragas helping me feel better when I suffer with severe migraine. I love our Carnatic music and the inner peace that it gives me when I hear it is something that I can't get anywhere else!

Gopal Narayanan - Chadstone 3148, Australia
I fully agree with a lot of observations made by Srimathi Bombay Jayashri. I listen to a very wide collection of Carnatic music, Hindi and Tamil film songs and English light music, especially when I feel a bit down. Within a matter of 30 minutes, I find that very soothing and I feel very happy and cheerful. I am 72 years and, believe me, I have not experienced a headache so far in my life. I personally believe that is due to my listening to music. There is always music playing in my house during the time we are awake.

Students of Vittal Ramamurthy
We are students of the famed violinist Sri Vittal Ramamurthy. We have dedicated a website to our Guru. The site address is: www.violinvittal.com Your site is very nice. Keep coming out with reviews and interviews. All the best.

Mallika - New South Wales, Australia
A positive initiative for a noble cause. A very educative and informative site. I like the way topics are organized and info from famous personalities are included. However, it would be good if a comment box is posted for each topic. For example, if someone wants to add some info for Sshankarabharanam raga', it could be added there, after the article finishes. Looking forward to contribute and be a part of this project.

K.N.Shashikiran - Director, www.carnatica.net, Chennai, India
It is a very catchy name. And, the website has simple navigation and is a good effort to promote the various aspects of Carnatic music globally. The profiles of the people behind make it a truly sincere and dedicated team, comitted to the cause of music. My best wishes and also will be happy to lend a supporting hand in your great efforts.

S.K.Sundararajan - Chennai, India
A good initiative. Keep it up. I could see this as becoming one like Google in music. Please keep all the threads going. Do you have all the system in place with the right people to manage the threads? BEST OF LUCK.

Sangeetha Shyam - Indonesia
I am very happy to see your website. Its well organized, professional and complete. Above all, the vision and objective are highly commendable.
Here are some of my humble suggestions. You could probably organize the weblinks/resources section a little bit. For example, into sections like
    * Organization / Sabhas
    * Magazines / Srchives
    * Musicians / Artiste
    * Lyrics
Also, you could provide a section on education where you could provide links to academic and other training/institutes you might want to suggest . It can become quite a database that way.

M.Ramesh - KR Palem, Sullurupeta, India
This site is very nice and informative. I was thrilled at the contents.

V. N. Vasudevan - Mumbai, India
I liked the website immensely. I will visit the site from time to time. By the way, does anybody know the address and telephone number of Shri Chitthur Venkatesan (flutist) and Shri Palladam Rajan (flutist)?

H.Kamalnath - President, The Bangalore Gayana Samaja
I have gone through all the sections of the website. Your website is one more addition to rasikas of Carnatic music - useful, informative, valuable and well classified. My greetings and good wishes to you and your collegues. May `Carnaticadarbar' truly be the present day version of `the darbar' of yester-year, which used to flourish with great musicians and patrons.

S.Janakiraman - Chennai, India
Your web site has many messages. Articles on M D Ramanathan, Flute Mali and Kalpagam Swaminathan are all good. All the best.

Arjun - Chennai, India
It's very rare to view a site of this kind. It has everything for Carnatic music lovers all over the globe. I wish every good for this wonderful site.
I hope it becomes one of the most active sites in the Carnatic music space. Incidentally, I am a proud student of flautist brothers Raghu & Ravi.

Prabakaran - Chennai, India
What a start! It has been a dream of many to see a Canatic music web site of this sort. I wish you continue like this for long long time.

V. Balasubramanian - Chennai, India
Your website is quite interesting, revealing the passion you all have for music. Congrats and my best wishes. I wonder if you could include bajans also in that and profile exponents like Vittaldas (Jaikrishna Bagavathar), Udayalur Kalyanaraman, Kovai Jayaraman and Tanjore Thiagrajan.

Ganesh Srinivasan - Doha, Qatar
A Creative Carnatic Capsule...

Shailaja Vardhan - Chennai, India
The beauty of Carnatic music is still understood by a finite few as compared to say Yoga. Today, chanting CDs have caught on and seem to be flying off music stores. Similarly, Salsa classes are the new rage in town. This website could well become the new must check-out site if you could offer suggestions on Music CDs one could pick from the stores, quick reviews for new comers on the scene, suggestions for serious enthusiasts, in a way similar to what auto magaines have on offer.

* Classes as stress busters are gaining importance - a greater list of teachers, courses, source for intruments, duration of classes etc and so on could be very valuable. I had to scour the net to find a suitable keyboard class for my daughter!

* More chatty information on sabhas, artists & their teachers, new entrants on the scene, must visit places in Chennai for music lovers, intruments and the mystery surrounding them, kutchery in the park kind of features would be very interesting.

* You could also consider sending an e-mailer on the latest happenings.

S Prasad - Bangalore, India
Congrats...A very good initiative. With more commercial support, it has the potential to broaden itself into an "one-stop-shop" on Carnatic music.

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