Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma

Kadri Gopalnath
3:26
Kadri Gopalnath released Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma in 2002, adapting the saxophone to Carnatic raga Mohanam in a 3:26 live recording.
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About Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma

Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma is a Carnatic instrumental composition performed by saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath. The track appears as the fourteenth entry in an unreleased or undocumented live recording from the December Season 2002, a series of classical music concerts traditionally held in Chennai. The performance was issued in 2002 under the label Charsur Digital Workstation in a digital media format.

The composition spans 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Gopalnath adapts the saxophone to Carnatic music, a genre historically dominated by vocal and string instruments. The track title references the Kannada devotional song Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma, a kriti attributed to composer Purandara Dasa and commonly rendered in the raga Mohanam. The recording context suggests a live concert setting, though specific venue details, accompanying artists, or album structure remain unverified in available sources.

Charsur Digital Workstation, the producing label, specialized in archiving and distributing Indian classical music in digital formats during the early 2000s. The release aligns with Gopalnath’s broader discography, which emphasizes saxophonic interpretations of traditional Carnatic repertoire. No additional metadata confirms whether this track formed part of a larger album or standalone digital single.