Mangalam

Mangalam is a short devotional invocation track performed by Carnatic vocalist M. Balamuralikrishna. The composition appears as the eighth track on the 2005 live album Paddhatti – Dr M Balamurali Krishna – Live in Concert 1968, released by Charsur Digital Workstation in CD format. The recording captures a 1968 concert performance, remastered and issued posthumously.

The track spans 33 seconds and serves as a traditional mangalam, a benedictory piece typically concluding Carnatic music recitals. Balamuralikrishna renders the chant in his characteristic style, though specific lyrical or melodic details of this version remain undocumented in available sources. The album compiles selections from the 1968 concert, showcasing his improvisational techniques and ragam-tanam-pallavi expositions.

The 2005 release marks one of several archival projects preserving Balamuralikrishna’s mid-20th-century performances. Charsur Digital Workstation produced the CD without additional studio overdubs, retaining the original concert acoustics. No accompanying artists or instrumentalists are credited for this track in the album liner notes. Further contextual information about the concert venue or event specifics is not provided in the release documentation.