Thyagaraja Aradhana - Music Festival
Place: Thiruvaiyaru, Tamil
Nadu
Time : January 2024
Date : 18.1.2025
Schedule
Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district is the place where the great saint and music
composer Thyagaraja
lived and attained samadhi in 1847. Saint Thyagaraja, who, along
with Muthuswami Dikshitar and Shyama Sastri, comprises the
Trinity of Carnatic music. Here a music festival,
Thyagaraja Aradhana is held every year towards the end of
January. The festival will culminate with the rendition of the
Pancharatna kritis on Bahula Panchami. The venue is near Saint
Thyagaraja samadhi on the banks of river
Cauvery, 13kms from Thanjavur (Tanjore). This Carnatic Music festival attracts music lovers from
all corners of the country. Doordarshan National Channel DD1
usually live telecast the chorus recital of Pancharatna
Keertanas every year. The beauty of Saint Thyagaraja's music is
that his compositions are melodious, touching on pure
spirituality that one gets immersed in. He could very well be
termed as the father of modern Carnatic Music.
Besides the music concerts,
religious rituals (pujas) are conducted by Sadguru Sri Tyagabrahma Aradhana Kainkarya Trust
at the samadhi during
the two days. In 1925, a small temple was built over the
samadhi by an ardent devotee Bangalore Nagaratnamma who had a vision of the
saint, and spend all her savings for the construction of the temple.
In fact, until 1907, there were no music
concerts but only religious rituals, during the aradhana. In
1908, it was Narasimha Bhagavatar and his younger brother Panchu
Bhagavatar, disciples of Thillaisthanam Rama Iyengar (‘antharanga
sishya’ of saint Thyagaraja) who held a five-day aradhana
festival that included harikathas and concerts. The music
concerts are now presided over by Sri Thyagabrahma Mahotsava
Sabha based in Thiruvaiyaru. The religious
part of the Vaidika aradhana celebrations that began during the time of
Thillaisthanam Rama Iyengar is continued even today by a Trust
called ‘Sadguru Tyagabrahma Aradhana Kainkarya Trust,
Madras,’ formed in 1984 by Chellam Iyer, S. Parthasarathy and
a few others of the Thillaisthanam tradition. Thiruvaiyaru is situated 13kms from
Thanjavur (Tanjore) in the state of Tamil Nadu.
Contact Address:
-
Sri Thyagabrahma Mahotsava Sabha (regd)
31, Thirumanjana Veethi, Thiruvaiyaru - 613204
Thanjavur district, Tamilnadu
Phone : 04362- 262662
Mobile : 91- 9486262662
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- Sadguru Sri Thyagabrahma Aradhana Kainkarya Trust
Pot 6, Sri Krishna Kripa, Karpagamabl Nagar,
Kottivakkam, Chennai-600041
Contact person: Chellam Iyer
Phone : (0) 9840922616/9360332942, 9845043927 (Bangalore)
How to get there
Air: The nearest Airport
Tiruchirapalli (Trichy) is located 71 kms away. Indian Airlines
also connects Trichy with Madurai and Chennai directly. Indian
Airlines and Air Lanka connects Trichy with Srilanka.
Rail: Nearest railhead is Thanjavur
which is connected by rail with Trichy, Madurai,
Nagore and Chennai
directly.
Road: There are direct buses from
Thanjavur, 13kms from Thiruvaiyaru.
| Updated
on : 27/11/2024 |
