Lalitha — Sahasranama Stotram By Ms Subbulakshmi [hot]
She once said, "Music is an offering to God." In this recording, she doesn't offer music to the Goddess. She becomes the vessel through which the Goddess offers Herself to the world .
This was controversial to the orthodox. The Sahasranama is a mantra sastra —its efficacy is said to come from correct pronunciation and pace, not from musical emotion. But M.S. understood a deeper secret: Lalitha is not just the object of worship; she is the worship itself. lalitha sahasranama stotram by ms subbulakshmi
There are performances, and then there are offerings . M.S. Subbulakshmi’s rendering of the Lalitha Sahasranama Stotram belongs firmly to the latter. It is not merely a recitation of a thousand names; it is an act of becoming . She once said, "Music is an offering to God