A musical album titled Anbenum Peruveli, an exploration of Ramalinga Adigal’s (popularly known as Vallalar) poetry by Carnatic vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan, was launched at an event held in Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) here on Tuesday.
Launching the Anbenum Peruveli website and the six songs, whose lyrics were chosen from Vallalar’s poetry by journalist A.S. Panneerselvan and set to music by music director Sean Roldan, ACJ Chairman Sashi Kumar, said Vallalar was a secular saint and tried to secularise Saivite philosophy. He challenged the Dharma Sastras.
Mr. Subrahmanyan said it was during the pandemic that he started questioning himself. As a singer, he had remained inside the world of Carnatic music and had not ventured out, though there were opportunities. This opportunity to sing Vallalar’s verses was an experiment, and as his teacher used to say, had been tried out not bothering about it being a success.
