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

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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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THE ETERNAL PILGRIM- MUTHUSWAMI DIKSHITAR-by RAVI-SRI

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It is rarely that a phenomenon takes place in the world. An epoch-making event of far-reaching consequence that would change the course of history. The advent of sages, saints, great men of science, sacred men of art, have all heralded new beginnings in their respective realms. In the world of Indian art music, the advent of Shyama Sastri, Thyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar changed the course and perception of music. The harbingers of a new age in classical music, the threesome are reverentially referred to as the Trinity of Carnatic music. Not without reason, the foremost of which was their being born in the same town and being contemporaries. MUTHUSWAMI DIKSHITAR, THYAGARAJA AND SHYAMA SASTRY  But this was not the only reason. Their pioneering work was such that after their times, Carnatic music was never the same again. Looking at their works, one finds a unity of purpose behind them.  This unity of purpose is reflected in the fact that the Trinity refined the medium of th...
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