The Venkatesa Suprabhatam is a famous morning prayer to wake up god Vishnu. In the last century, MS Subbalakshmi immortalised it. This book gives us a close reading of the text, the historical and ...

When a prayer becomes a way of life, it can no longer be seen as prayer alone. That-s the effect MS Subbulakshmi has had on many Indians, ever since she recorded the 20-minute-long morning hymn, ...

Hyderabad: Starting tomorrow, the morning prayer service (Suprabhatam) at the Lord's temple will be substituted with the recitation of Tiruppavai verses. This change coincides with the commencement of ...

Composed around 1430 AD, the Suprabhatam has retained its hold on the minds of devotees all over India, not least because of MS Subbulakshmi’s iconic rendition. After all, how many hymns are sung to ...

How did an unusual morning greeting by a teacher to his pupil become one of the most popular prayer songs in India? Venkatesa Suprabhatam – The Story of India’s Most Popular Prayer (Westland ...

Tirupati:During Dhanurmasam, the daily Suprabhatam ritual at the Srivari temple in Tirumala will be replaced by the recitation of the traditional Thiruppavai from Tuesday. The month-long ritual will ...

Sri Venkatesa Suprabhatam was first broadcast in Subbulakshmi’s voice on All India Radio in 1958 on Vaikuntha Ekadashi. The 20-minute hymn became an LP record in 1963, and its popularity continued ...

When Amazon’s voice-controlled virtual assistant device Alexa was launched in India a year ago, some commands or questions with a distinctly ‘local’ flavour would leave ‘her’ flummoxed. Queries such ...

Opinion Should Lord Vishnu be woken up with Suprabhatham? A welcome debate in the Supreme Court On Friday the apex court heard a debate on whether Sanskrit shlokas from the Venkatesa Suprabhatam can ...

After a long gap of six years, denizens of the temple city will now wake up to mellifluous morning raaga of Sri Venkateswara Suprabhatam via All India Radio’s (Tirupati) FM. The initiative was pursued ...