Perumalagaram Krishnaswamy Srinivasan was born at Perumalagarm, a small town near Chennai and raised in Mylapore, Madras (now known as Chennai). He had a penchant for Sanskrit and Carnatic music even as a youth. As an adult, he spent many years learning and mastering Sanskrit and Carnatic music. It was his dream to advance Sanskrit and he constantly found ways to simplify the learning process.
As soon as he retired from his post as Assistant General Manager, Government of India’s Post and Telegram Department in 1982, he dedicated his time to advancing Sanskrit. He devised his one own techniques to simplify Sanskrit and teach to not only children but youth and adults of all ages. He took immense pleasure in teaching Sanskrit to economically disadvantages students and rewarded all students with prizes, in Chennai. He also served as Trustee of Sri Vendantha Desikar Devasthanam Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Mylapore, Chennai.
His love for Carnatic music was equally great. He deeply believed in therapeutic value of Carnatic music which actually helped him deal with cancer. He conducted a lot of research in Carnatic music and Bharatha natyam. Leading personalities like Sri Dananjayan and Smt. Chitra Visweswaran consulted with him, cleared their doubts and enriched their knowledge-base.
He wrote many articles on Carnatic music for Shanmugha of Bombay (Mumbai) and Saptagiri of Tirumalai Tirupati Devasthanam.
We plan to include audio files for each Sanskrit rhyme to enable proper pronunciation. Our intent is to publish the rhymes in the form a book or books.
Sanskrit Slokas Composed by Sri. P. K. Srinivasan
प्रार्थना पञ्चकम् (Prarthana Panchakam). For audio recording of this sloka click this link Audio file
चाटु श्लोकाः (Chatu Slokas – Pleasing discourse)
जय हनुमन् (Jaya Hanuman, a sloka composed by him in raga “Gambhirnata”)
Below are two of his audio recordings of Garuda Panchasath slokas, slokas on Sudharsana Bhagavan, Ramar, Lakshmi, Narasihman and other slokas.
Audio 1 – Garuda Panchasath slokas
Audio 2 – Other slokas
(Other slokas include Hayagreeva Anushtup Mantram, Sri Narashimaha Anushtup Mantram, Maha Sudharshana Anushtup Mantram, Rama Panchara Stotram, Lakshmi Ashtotaram, Venkatesa Ashtotaram, Sudharshana Ashtakam and Sri Stuthi)
Audio 3 – PeriAlwar Pasuram, Sathumurai
(other slokas include Krishna slokas, Krishna Ghanaas, Seetha Kalyanam)
Below are three more of his audio recording of devotional songs, keerthanas and Sanskrit slokas. At the end of the Audio recording 3, there is a song praising Lord Ganesha. This song was composed by him.