“A recitation that many Hindu households wake up to”, Swarajyamag, July 22, 2023:

“Which is the largest selling non-film recording in India’s musical history? 

Actually, it is not a tough one to guess. It is that of Venkateswara Suprabhatam rendered by the peerless M S Subbulakshmi, whose rendition to this day remains the early-morning anthem of many Hindu households, across continents.

I have heard the strains of Suprabhatam streak out unobtrusively from a small Indian restaurant one cold September morning in Oslo, Norway. The rhythmic lines ‘Kousalya Supraja Rama Poorva Sandhya Pravarthate…’, have woken me up in Malaysia. The soulful voice of ‘MS’ singing paeans to Lord Venkateswara has reassuringly embraced me in the distant hills of Gangtok…..”

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