PART-20

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POST-21....THIRUVAIYARU....DIKSITAR MEETS THYAGARAJA SWAMI

21 Tiruvaiyyaru and meeting with saint Tyagaraja, return to Tanjavur and to Tiruvarur =========================================== Tiruvaiyyaru. That hallowed kShEtra ever resonating with the chanting of the Vedas and the Tamil Tirumurais. That beautiful land washed by five rivers and surrounded by canals, green fields, banana and coconut groves. The Cauvery, that Queen of all rivers, presents a majestic and ravishing sight here, surrounded as She is by Her four offspring over whom She fondly lords, both Her banks dotted with sculpturesque manTapAs and bathing ghats. Tiruvaiyyaru epitomizes the finest that can be experienced of natural beauty and the exquisite art and culture of Tanjavur. That great bard of Tiruvaiyyaru says in two of his exquisite compositions, one on the river and the other on Tiruvaiyyaru itself, that his beloved Rama should be proud of Tiruvaiyyaru which is washed by the Cauvery, who after prostrating at Ranganatha's Feet and worshipping several shrines on the w...
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PART-14....KUZHIKKARAI AND MANNAARKUDI

14 Places around Tiruvarur, Kuzhikkarai and composition of shri viswanatham ragamalika, Mannargudi  ============================ We do not know how comfortably or otherwise Dikshitar was placed in those early years after his return to Tiruvarur. His father Ramaswami Dikshitar was a recipient of the Tanjavur king's munificence earlier. Whether this continued in full measure after the family returned to Tiruvarur is not known, though it can be surmised that some kind of allowance must have been offered by the palace in lieu of Ramaswami Dikshitar's services to the cause of music. What can be said with some authenticity is that the Tiruvarur temple would have catered to the needs of the Dikshitar family. . As already pointed out earlier, Ramaswami Dikshitar, and later on Muttuswami Dikshitar, were both associated with organising the temple music. Nevertheless, because of Dikshitar's peripatetic life, the temple might not have been able to regularly provide for his family. For,...
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PART-8-...VAIDHEESWARAN KOIL, MAAYAVARAM, ..ABHATAMBA VIBAKTHI KRUTHIS

8   Vaideeswaram, Mayavaram and the  Abhayamba vibhakti kritis ========================= Crossing the Kollidam river, Muttuswami Dikshitar entered the Tanjavur region. Sirkazhi was the kShEtra on the line. Though Dikshitar might have visited that shrine and offered worship there, no kriti of his is extant on any of the deities at Sirkazhi. In passing, it may be appropriate to point out that his contemporaries Tyagaraja (nIvanTi deivamu ShaDAnanA in tODI) and Shyama Sastri (dayAnidhE mAmava in bEgaDA) have composed on Lord Subramanya at Sirkazhi. . Vaideeswaran Koil on the way to Mayavaram is an important kShEtra and is closely connected with Muttuswami Dikshitar's birth. Lord Siva as Vaidyanatha is supposed to cure man of all his ills. The Goddess is Balambika and Lord Subramanya's name here is Muthukumara. Dikshitar was named after Him.  He refers to this in his song on Goddess Balambika in kalyANI, 'bhajarE rE chitta bAlAmbikAm' (guruguha rUpa muttukumAra jananIm)....
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