Mrs Lalitha Mokkapati had her first acquaintance with Javali when she was doing her Sangita Vidwan in the Central College of Carnatic Music, Madras, more than 50 years ago. She heard the Javali, mariyada teliyakane. The Javali immensely impressed her. But her wish to learn more of them remained a dream. Later, T.Brinda who was teaching vocal in the College taught four Javalis: entati kuluke, samayamide rara, muttavaddura, paripovalera. Ever since then she began looking for more Javalis, their singing style, ragas and talas.
She did an M. Phil and then her Ph.D. on Javalis from Andhra University, and in the process collected a large number of Javalis and several obscure printed texts. Her Ph.D dissertation is now under revision to make it a book.
This blog site is a small initiative to share all those Javalis with other music lovers!
19 Jan 2024 P.S.: While the site began with the intention of sharing the jAvaLi lyrics she collected, we have since started posting from many more books and internet sources that we came across! What we thought would be around 600, has crossed 1000, and is likely to touch 1500 in some months. Thank you for the daily traffic! 🙏
27 July 2024: It is with a heavy heart that I announce that my mother Smt Mokkapati Lalitha Devi – whose research work on jAvaLis is how this blog site started, is no more! She passed away on 13th July 2024 in Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. I promise to keep the site alive, and enhance it with more lyrics, and more details in the years to come.
jAvaLis - lyrics and more 