This is the 'Monetize Your Music' App from Appytunes for the music album "Shree Lakshmi Hridaya Stotram" by Smt. K. M. Kusuma released by Mantric Music.
Written by Saint Bhargava, in Ancient times, the 'Great' or 'Maha' Mantra 'Shree Lakshmi Hridaya Lakshmi' in the meter of 'Anushtup' (From Indian Classical Music) in order to please the Goddess Shree Maha Lakshmi.
Shree Maha Lakshmi is the Hindu Goddess of wealth, prosperity (both material and spiritual), fortune, and the embodiment of beauty. She is the consort of the Lord Vishnu and is said to bring good luck and is believed to protect her devotees from all kinds of misery and money-related sorrows. Representations of Shree Maha Lakshmi are also found in Jain monuments.
Lakshmi is worshipped daily in Hindu homes and commercial establishments as the goddess of wealth. She also enjoys worship as the consort of Lord Vishnu in many temples. The festivals of Diwali and Kojagiri Poornima are celebrated in her honour.
This rendition of Shree Lakshmi Hridaya Stotram was done by Smt. K. M. Kusuma. She is a household name in Kannada Music Industry brings with her 25 years of experience in the field of Carnatic classical music, the very popular Kannada Dasa vani, Hindi and Kannada Film songs and Sugam Sangeet (including Hindi Ghazals). Through a career of more than 2 decades she has the ability to recreate an eclectic mix of meluflous songs with sheer devotion and dedication to her profession.
Smt. K. M. Kusuma has performed in programmes sponsored by government of Karnataka like Sugam Sangeet Sammelana, Mysore Palace grounds for Dassehra Festival (Mysore), Hoysala Utsava (Hassan), Kannada Rajyotsava programme (Bangaarpet, Jaipur), Hampi utsava. She has performed in various states in India at esteemed music centers like Sapru house (New Delhi) and Shanmukhananda Hall (Mumbai), Sachidanda Ganapati Ashram (Mysore), Ravindra Kalakshetra (Bangalore), H.N. Kalakshetra (Bangalore), Chitrakala parishat (Bangalore), Town hall (Bangalore), Chowdaiah Memorial Hall (Bangalore), Brindavan (Bangalore) ISKCON temple (Bangalore), Mangalore Town Hall,etc.
Smt. K. M. Kusuma has released around thirteen music albums. She has sung in devotional and bhavageethe cassettes for famous music directors like C. Ashwath, Puttur Narasimha Nayak, Smt. Shyamala Bhave, Shri. H.K Narayan etc. She has sung various kannada television programmes like Kannada Doordarshan, Udaya TV (Kuhu Kuhu-special program centering around her singing in baby voice), ETV (Yede tumbi haaduvenu with Sri S.P. Balasubramanyam), Suprabhata channel, Zee TV Kannada.
Smt. K. M. Kusuma is currently running a music school in the name of Bhakti Gaana Sudha which has more than 50 students. Seven students have won championships in reality shows conducted by famous kannada channels like E TV, Zee TV, Suvarna, Kasturi etc.
Known for her versatility, the smiling and ever-obliging Smt. K M Kusuma renders Bhajans and Sugam Sangeet with equal elegance and finesse. Her mellifluous & powerful voice has an incredible range and leaves audiences spellbound in admiration with her renditions.
To find out more on Smt. K. M. Kusuma please visit
www.kmkusuma.in