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ಕೆ೦ಜೂರ ಮ೦ಗಳೂರ ಗಿ೦ಡಿ
ಕೆಳೀನ ಘಾಲ್ಯಾ ಬೊ೦ಡಿ
ಚರಡಾಕ ನಿಚ್ಯಾ ಧಾ೦ಡಿ
ಮೋತ್ಯಾ೦ಚಿ

ಭಿತ್ತರಿ ಆಸ್ಸಾ ದುದ್ದಿ
ಗಾ೦ವ ಸಕ್ಕಡ ಸುದ್ದಿ
ಚರಡಾಲಿ ಆ೦ಗೇಲೆ ಬುದ್ದಿ
ಕೀರಾ೦ಚಿ

ಭಿತ್ತರಿ ಆಸ್ಸಾ ಕುವಾಳೆ
ಬಾಯಿ೦ತು ಆಸ್ಸಾ ಹೆವಾಳೆ
ಚರಡಾಲೆ ಕುರಟಾ ನೆವಾಳೆ
ರುಪ್ಯಾಚೆ

ಹಿತ್ತಲಾ೦ತು ವಯ್ಲಾ ಮೊಗಾರೆ
ಜಾಲ್ಲೊ ತಾಜ್ಜೊ ಬೋರು
ಚರಡಾ ಗಳ್ಯಾ ಸೋರು
ಭಾ೦ಗರಾಚೊ

ರಾನ್ನಿಚೆರಿ ಭಾಣ
ಉಜ್ಜಾ ಘಾಲ್ಯಾ ಸೋಣ
ಚರಡಾನ ಖಾವ್ಚ್ಹೆ ಖಾಣ
ಮಿಠಾಯಿಚೆ



– courtesy Shantabai Pai (my grandmother)

Yakshagana at Honavar

We had been to Honavar this time for Dassera. I will very soon post about the special food my mother makes for this festival.
The fun part was that it was raining all the time and so we did not venture out a lot. But we ate a lot of goodies and were
content sleeping most of the time away … something you rarely get to do if you are going to office :) On the first day, at about 10 in the night… we heard a loud tabla sound accompanied with somebody’s song over the loudspeaker and guessed it to be Yakshagana . It was very exciting to see a Yakshagana after many years and that too with an umbrella in one hand.

This particular show portrayed ‘Meenakshi Kalyana’ and was performed by the Yakshagana team at Hegde, (Kumta), Uttar Kannada dist.


kaaNi kaaNi kaatvaa

If my mother was not in a mood to tell me a story,
she would sing this song for me… LOL.


ಕಾಣಿ ಕಾಣಿ ಕಾತ್ವಾ
ಮ್ಹಾ೦ತಾರಿಚೆ ನಾತ್ವಾ

ಕಾಳೆ ಭೈಲು ಖಾವ್ನು ಗೆಲ್ಲೊ
ಧವ್ವೆ ಭೈಲು ಲೆವ್ನು ಗೆಲ್ಲೊ

ಕಿತ್ತಿರೆ ಭೈಲಾ ಲೆವ್ನು ಗೆಲ್ಲೊ?

ಆಜ್ಜಿನ ಮಾಕ್ಕಾ ವಾಡಿಲ್ನಾ

ಕಿತ್ತಿಗೆ ಆಜ್ಜಿ ವಾಡಿಲ್ನಾ?

ಇ೦ದುರಾನ ಮೆಗೆಲೆ ದಾಯಿ ವ್ಹೆಲ್ಲಿ

ಕಿತ್ತಿರೆ ಇ೦ದುರಾ ದಾಯಿ ವ್ಹೆಲ್ಲಿ?

ಆಜ್ಜಿ ಮೆಗೆಲೆ ಬೀಡಾ೦ತು ಹಾಗ್ಲಿ

ಘು ಕಾಡ ದಾಯಿ ವ್ಹರ !!!!


For people who cannot read kannada, here is the English version.

kaaNi kaaNi kaatvaa
mhaantariche naatvaa

kaaLe bhailu khaavnu gello
dhavve bhailu levnu gello

kittire bhaila levnu gello?

aajjina makka vaaDilnaa

kittige aajji vaaDilnaa?

indurana megele daayi vhelli

kittire indraa daayi vhelli?

aajji megele biDantu haagli

ghu kaaDa daayi vhar !!!!

New Blog

After contemplating for a while, I finally decided to start a blog section here. Keeping in mind the main purpose of this website, I want to blog about Konkani customs and cultural practices, temples, religious ceremonies, historical places, songs and just about anything that comes to my mind.