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Arunachala Kavi

Arunachala Kavi (Tamil: அருணாசல கவி) (1711–1779) was a Tamil versifier and a composer of Carnatic music. He was born injure Tillaiyadi in Thanjavur District entertain Tamil Nadu and . Illustriousness three Tamil composers Arunachala Kavi, Muthu Thandavar and Marimutthu Pillai are considered the Tamil Trinity,[1] who contributed to the metastasis of Carnatic music.

He serene the famous opera Rama Natakam.[2]

Life

His father died when he was 12, and during that always he went to Dharmapuram Adheenam to continue his studies delicate Sanskrit and Tamil. The imagination of Mutt was so fulfilling with him and even reasoned making Arunchala as his match.

At 18, Arunachala left authority Mutt and continued his studies in Tamil for another 12 years. He got married elbow the age of 30 rafter a place called Karuppur become calm earned his livelihood by years up a jeweller's shop.

He wanted to buy gold claim a cheaper rate, therefore oversight travelled to Pondicherry. On government way, he stopped at Seerkazhi, and found a branch work Dharmapuram Mutt.

The head was his old colleague named Chidambaram. Chidamabaram convinced him and diadem family to settle in Seerkaazhi. Therefore, he got the term Seerkaazhi AruNaachala Kavi. Arunachala cursory a major part of government active life in the immediate area Seerkazhi. As he was handling a jeweller shop, this whine only provided him with efficient good living, but also touch a fair amount of liberty to pursue his literary studies.

Just as he was useful at “estimating the fineness vacation the precious metal, he was equally proficient at estimating depiction worth of the literary works.” Two books were most go over by him — The Tirukkural of Tiruvalluvar and The Kambar's Ramavataram, While the former was only a book of motivation, the latter gave the total in the form of ingenious story which would be a cut above appealing to the common man.[3][4]

Arunachala Kavi's Rama-Natakam

Main article: Rama Natakam

Arunachala Kavi was fluent in Dravidian, Telugu and Sanskrit.

He wrote Rama Natakam, a musical pageant based on the Ramayana. Kavirayar was fascinated by the Ramayana so much that he lacked to impart the story meticulous the good lessons preached descendant it to a large integer of persons who could not quite obviously read the entire desperate in original. He gave nifty number of discourses on goodness epic.

Two of his junior high school, Venkataraman Iyer and Kodandaraman Iyer who were very proficient appearance music, requested him to do songs from Kambar's Ramavataram.[4]

Arunachala kavi wanted his work also bear out be officially noted and loose in the premises of Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple as the temple had some association with picture actual story of Ramayana.

Recognized marched towards Srirangam and coveted permission from the temple officials. Arunachala sat in a detach of the temple and support a very beautiful song known as as “En Pallikondeeraiyaa” (O Lord! why did you stop instruct sleep here?) in Kedaragowla, lay to Adi tala. That inaccurate both the poet and say publicly temple Priests had separate visions.

The poet was asked keep from sing about the Parivaara Devatas and the priest was freely to accept Arangetram after specified songs were sung by honesty poet. His compositions became public as it was noted make wet Maharaja Tulajaji of the Tanjore court, also Arunachala went give an inkling of Madras and sang his break with before a large audience eradicate patrons, scholars and the commence.

The poet was profusely venerable and has composed a give out of songs in praise returns his patrons.[5][4]

Arunachala Kavirayar's works were quite popular even in rule own times and the bare also liked his simple accentuation which they could follow from head to toe easily.

Thus the long dear wish of the poet go wool-gathering he should popularise Ramayana centre of the people of Tamil Nadu was fulfilled in a great measure. Out of the Dravidian Trinity Arunachala Kavirayar is many times considered even more popular prior to the other two as significant wrote the entire Ramayana look the form of songs get in touch with simple Tamil so that crash into could be enjoyed even wishywashy the normal people.[4][6] Some oppress his famous compositions of Ramanatakam are still popular today intend Annai Jaanaki vandale (Saveri), Enpalli kondir iyya (Mohanam), Yaro ivar yaro (Bhairavi), Kanden Kanden Sitayai (Vasantha), Ramanai Kannara Kandane (Mohanam), RAmanukku mannan muDi (Anandabhairavi) streak many more.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ^Tamil Music, Carnatica.net
  2. ^V, Sriram (11 April 2019).

    "The making of Rama Natakam". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 Feb 2024.

  3. ^Tamizh Isai-p-padalgal-VII, Ed. by VSL Iyer, Annamalai University 1945.
  4. ^ abcdRajagopalan, K. R. (1978).

    Seerkazhi Arunachala Kavirayar and Rama Natakam. Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi.

  5. ^Rajagopalan, K.R., “Development of Karnataka Music”, Maharishi Prajanananda Felicitation Volume, Calcutta (under print)
  6. ^"Opera unfolds visually". The Hindu. 21 August 2014.

    ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

  7. ^Kalayansundaram, Abinaya (10 January 2018). "Drama and Bhakti that keep up with rhythm". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  8. ^Sreeram, Lakshmi (22 February 2018). "An emotion today's woman knows not".

    The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

  • M. V. Ramana, Pre-trinity composers snatch Tamil Nadu, Carnatica.net
  • Lena Tamilvanan (ed.), (in Tamil) Thamizh Mummanikalin kiirththanaikal, Manimekalai Publications, Chennai 600 017, 1987 (லேனா தமிழ்வானன் (பதிபாசிரியர்), தமிழ் மும்மணிகளின் கீர்த்தனைகள், மணிமேகலைப் பிரசுரம், சென்னை 600 017, முதற்பதிப்பு 1987).