Kautukams

March 31st, 2011 by Anjali

Kautukam means in “Praise of” . It is also called Kavithuvam or  Kausthuvam. Kavithuvam meaning “Poetic Quality”. The Kautukams were once performed  by temple dancers as rituals. On the day of “Tiruvadira” in month of  Margazi season (Margashirsha) when the gods were brought out for procession the Kautukams were danced and sung amidst the crowds. Certain temples had it own Kautukam. Panchamurthy kautukams were written on Lord Vinayaka, Muruga, Natesha, Sambanda and Sandeshwarar. The custom was to use high pitched ragas like Natti, Varali, Arabhi to compose them. Gangai Muthu Nattuvanar has composed most of the popular kautukams danced in the present .  Danseuse Priyadarshini Govind has made a special note on Navasandhi kautukams in her video CD . She says “The Navasandhi kautukams were performed in the temples at different sandhis (junctions of the temple).  This was performed to propitiate the Gods of different sandhis. The Navasandhi kautukams are on Brahma, Indra,  Agni, Yama, Niritti, Varuna, Vayu Kubera and Ishana.”  The Structure of kautukam is such that poetic lines are often followed and preceded by Sollu’s. Also the poetic lines are first recited and then sung in a ragam. Following are the kautukams that have been worked for you.

Nataraja or Natesha kautukam

Vinayaka Kautukam (coming soon)

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9 responses so far ↓

  • 1 gayathri Jun 3, 2011 at 11:08 pm

    ya ur site is so usefull for me. daily iam practising with that soll ketu
    but i want that for alarippu, jattieswaram, pushpanjali, kautukams, natesa kautukams so please send me that downloading details

  • 2 mahi Jul 22, 2011 at 7:16 am

    your site is really helpful ma’am
    i am waiting for vinayaka kautukam please post it as soon as possible

  • 3 Maitri Pramanik Aug 5, 2011 at 6:53 am

    say some thing on bhavam

  • 4 Rammya Aug 29, 2011 at 1:02 am

    very useful side.Can you teach a keerthanam.

  • 5 thanusha Oct 11, 2011 at 1:07 am

    very beautfully

  • 6 thanusha Oct 11, 2011 at 1:14 am

    this is very helpful dance.& we can practice.v. kautukam.

  • 7 pallabi Nov 18, 2011 at 1:01 am

    thank you very much, this video is really helpful but can you please show that tadavana munibara part little bit more clearly as i cannot understand your mudra when you are expressing rupa vayanak.

  • 8 Anjali Nov 18, 2011 at 10:30 am

    @Pallabi, Tadavan is Chatura , Munijana is Arala.. Rupa bhayankara is shukatunda.

  • 9 Saraswathi Lanka Dec 31, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    I really enjoy your instructional videos…

    Would you consider uploading “Gajananam Bhutha Ganadhi Sevitham” choreography some time?

    Thanks.