Introduction
Welcome back to yet another edition of Special Quiz on this happy milestone of 700 weeks!
Keeping up with Raga Surabhi tradition, we would like to try out something different this time too :) So brace yourselves and get ready to take the plunge into the world of Carnatic compositions!
What is Kriti Handshake?!?
It takes two hands for a handshake. Here we are imagining the handshake happening between two kritis, through a common word present in these two kritis.
In this quiz, a list of 'handshake words' are given. You will have to come up with two kritis, where the “handshake word” figures, keeping in mind the ‘Handshake Condition’, which is :
In the first kriti, the handshake word can figure ANYWHERE in the Pallavi lines of the kriti but NOT AS THE FIRST word
While in the second kriti, the handshake word should be the FIRST word in the Pallavi line. Let us understand this through some examples -
Example 1
Week 700 Special Quiz - Kriti Handshake Questions
Question 1: Vinayaka
Question 2: Vaa
Question 3: Shambho
Question 4: Thunai
Question 5: Bhagya
Question 6: Baro
Question 7: Karpagame
Question 8: Radha
Question 9: Aandavan
Question 10: Maayamma
Question 11: Saraswati
Question 12: Maata
Question 13: Chandra
Question 14: Gaja
Question 15: Paahi
Question 16: Appan
Question 17: Sada
Question 18: Bhakti
Question 19: Ninnuvina
Question 20: Kurai
All the best and eagerly awaiting your answers!!!
Please send in your answers to ragasurabhi@ragasurabhi.com on or before 10 Feb, 2023 (Friday).