Utharam Tharum Ayye / Thodi / Adi / Gopalakrishna Bharathi / Bombay Sisters

LYRICS AND MEANING Krithi: Uttaram Tarum Ayye Ragam: Thodi Thalam: Adi Composer: Gopalakrishna Bharathi Vocal: Bombay Sisters - C Saroja- C Lalitha C. Saroja (born 7 December 1936) and C. Lalitha (26 August 1938 – 31 January 2023) were famously known as Bombay Sisters. Born at Thrissur, Kerala to Smt. Mukthambal and Sri. N. Chidambaram Iyer, the sisters were brought up in Bombay, where their father was working as Electrical Engineer in the Western Railway. Once there, they began performing together, they shifted to Chennai to pursue music after getting a fellowship from the Central College of Music, Madras, the Bombay name never left them. They trained under HAS Mani, Musiri Subramanya Iyer and T K Govinda Rao. When Madurai Mani Iyer couldn’t perform at the Sai Baba Musical festival owing to illness, the Bombay Sisters replaced him on the stage. This became a milestone in their music Carrier. They received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2020. Lalitha was married to N. R. Chandran, former Advocate-General of Madras. She died on 31 January 2023, aged 84, in Chennai. She was suffering from cancer. Saroja is married to Rajaram, former chief secretary of the Lalit Kala Academy. Violin: T K V Ramanujacharlu Mridangam: Trichy S Rangarajan Ghadam: Coimbatore V Mohanram In this krithi, Gopalakrishna Bharathi poignantly portrays Nandanar’s intense and growing desire to visit sacred Tillai Chidambaram and worship Lord Nataraja. As one bound to his landlord in servitude, Nandanar humbly seeks his master’s permission to make the journey. He confesses that he has neither the learning nor the spiritual knowledge to attain salvation by himself, and feels that visiting Chidambaram and receiving the Lord’s darshan is his only hope for attaining Paramagathi. Pallavi Utharam tarum ayye enakku oruvarumillai nan paragathi adaiya Charanam 1 Vithaigal katradumillai yanoru bhaktiyil senru paragathi adaiya Charanam 2 Kutrangal ethanaiyo kodiyen seyden athanaiyum poruthadaravaga Charanam 3 Pendu pillai enru peyanaip polave kandu kalithuk kalam kazhithavanukku Charanam 4 Tillai chidambarathai darisithu vandu ungal ellaiyaik kattu kondirukkirenaiye ---------------------------------------------------- Meaning: Grant me permission, O Lord. I have no one but you to guide me towards the attainment of supreme liberation at Tillai Chidambaram. I have not learned great arts or spiritual knowledge. I do not know the proper path of devotion to attain supreme liberation. I have committed countless mistakes and sins in my life. O Lord, please forgive all my faults and accept me with compassion. I have spent my life immersed in worldly life, enjoying the company of my wife and children and passing my time without seeking spiritual liberation. Having come to sacred Tillai Chidambaram for your darshan, I now stand at your threshold, O Lord, seeking your grace and guidance towards liberation. ---------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: These songs have been uploaded solely for listening pleasure and as an archive to preserve Carnatic music. I do not intend to violate any copyrights held by the respective owners of these songs. I do not own any copyright to the content uploaded. If any material infringes on your copyright, please notify me, and I will promptly remove it from my YouTube channel.