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It was M D Ramanathan’s concert at Budaram Krishnappa’s Ramamandira. When he came to the end of the concert and started singing the Mangala - the last item of all Karnatak music concerts - as usual, people started getting up. He shushed them all and waved his hands to command them to stay seated and said that one should not get up during Mangala. It is sung for the welfare (the literal meaning of Mangala) of everyone including the musicians. So no one should get up. Everyone sat back. Whereas Mangala is normally sung perfunctorily for a couple of minutes in Madhyama kala, he went on to sing an elaborate mangala with raga surati and madhyamavati for nearly twenty minutes in vilamba kaala. What a treat it was!
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