Panchasayaka(Utsava Prabandham)
About Panchasayaka(Utsava Prabandham)
Panchasayaka (Utsava Prabandham) is a Carnatic vocal composition performed by Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. The track appears as the seventh entry on the album Rajamargam, released on 2011 under the SWATHI’S SANSKRITI Series label. The recording is distributed in CD format.
The composition is set to a duration of 3 minutes and 18 seconds. Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer renders the piece in the traditional style associated with the Utsava Prabandham genre, a collection of devotional hymns attributed to the 17th-century composer Sri Vedanta Desika. The track title Panchasayaka refers to the five arrows of Kamadeva, symbolizing divine love in Hindu mythology.
The album Rajamargam compiles works by Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, a prominent 20th-century exponent of the Semmangudi bani (style) within Carnatic music. The release date and label suggest a posthumous compilation, as Iyer passed away in 2003. Further details about the accompanying artists, recording sessions, or specific raga and tala structure for this track remain undocumented in the provided context.