22 Sep 2008 04:18:00 AM IST
CHENNAI: “Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan was cosmic energy. His virtuoso could be compared to the union of Shiva and Shakthi, boundless and infinite,” according to mridangam vidwan Umayalpuram Sivaraman.
The violin maestro, who passed away recently, should never be forgotten, he said.
The undertone of concurrence among the gathering could have found resonated in a thunderous applause had the occasion not been tinged with much sobriety. It was a condolence meeting held in memory of the violinist on Sunday.
Actor-politician S Ve Shekar, businessman V G Santhosh Kumar, danseuse Krishnakumari were among those who paid rich tributes to ‘Kunnakudi’ and shared their memories of him.
There were also a large number of fans, most of them elderly, who had gathered to reminisce over a man, whose enthusiasm was infectious no matter what part of the day, as Sivaraman put it. .
“When director Shankar wanted to shoot the annual Thyagaraja Aradhana that takes place in Thiruvarur for his film Anniyan it was Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan he turned to for help. The latter with his customary enthusiasm personally called all artistes, and saw to it that they were made comfortable during their stay,” he recalled.
S Ve Shekar said: “The violinist’s optimism was boundless. He always embarked on a musical task, regardless of its enormity, with the greatest confidence. He never once uttered a harsh word towards somebody.” Santhosh Kumar said Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan would now be rendering service to God through his music.
“Such was his divinity.” In a voice tinged with emotion, Bharatanatyam dancer Krishnakumari, who had performed on stage to the accompaniment of Kunnakudi’s violin many times said whatever she had achieved far was due to the master violinist whom she considered her guru.
,KV, Marudhamalai Mamaniyae
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