Owing to the spread of the Omicron variant, the Tyagaraja Aradhana in Thiruvaiyaru has been reduced to just one day this year, instead of the usual five days.
Context
Owing to the spread of the Omicron variant, the Tyagaraja Aradhana in Thiruvaiyaru has been reduced to just one day this year, instead of the usual five days.
- The Tyagaraja Aradhana is the world’s largest gathering of musicians and music practitioners of one genre at any point of time.
About
- Tyagaraja was born on 14th May 1767 in the village of Thiruvayaru in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu.
- His parents, Kakarla Ramabrahmam and Sitamma, were Telugu Mulakanadu Smartha Brahmins from the Prakasam district of Andhra, who migrated to the Tamil regions a generation earlier.
- He was an ardent devotee of lord Rama. In his praise and honour he wrote numerous musical operas, and about twenty four thousand songs.
- Out of those songs, only about seven hundred survive.
- As per the oral tradition, all these songs are passed on from a teacher to a student and are sung till date.
- Tyagaraja himself had several illustrious students who took his musical legacy ahead. Among the more famous ones are Walajapet Venkataramana Bhagavatar.
- He is one of the principal composers of the Carnatic trinity, and for artistes and practitioners of the most complicated genre of music, this is a historic occasion.
Carnatic music
- Carnatic music or Carnatic sangeet is the south Indian classical music.
- Carnatic music has a rich history and tradition and is one of the gems of world music.
- Carnatic Sangeet has developed in the south Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. These states are known for their strong presentation of Dravidian culture.
- Purandardas (1480-1564) is considered to be the father of Carnatic music.
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