This music saint born on 4th
May January 1767 and died on 6th January 1847 lived for 79 years. He
had born in Tamil Nadu at the place of Thiruvairur or Thiruvaiyaru in the
Tanjavur district. He is the third son
for his parents. He had his music training from Soonti Venkata Ramaayya he is a
great music scholar. Thiyagaraja is also known as Thiyagaiah he has also
learned to play veena a musical instrument. He has composed twenty four
thousands of songs on god and goddess. He had seen Lord Rama while he singing
his songs.
At the teen age he has composed first song
Namo Namo Raghavaiyya in the Thodi
ragham. Ragham is understood as scale in the western music. His last song was
Gripa Nelakonna in the ragham Sahana. Out of 24000 songs only seven hundred
songs are available now. Even these seven hundred music composition first
written in the palm leaf, later they are converted into the paper. His music
compositions are called Keerthanas. He has composed songs on the gods Krishna,
Shiva, Muruga, Ganesh and Hanuman. He has composed more songs for Shakthi also,
but most of his music compositions are only about Lord Rama.
He has traveled all over Tamil Nadu
and India and praised god with his music compositions. He also did many
miracles with his music knowledge. He used to visit to all the temples only
with his disciples. All his disciples would be visiting to his home in the
morning time, after arrival of all his disciples he would be moving to all the
temples. Generally, he would be sitting just opposite side of the God or
Goddess and start singing his songs. Many people understood him at the young
age he is genius in music.
His guru informed the talent of Thiyagaraja to the
Thanjavur king, king was pleased and invited him to his court by sending a
person to his home along with many gifts. Thiyagraja has refused his invitation
and said money or wealth cannot purchase the divine. Further he said he would
sing songs only for the gods and only in the temples not in the other places.
He did many miracles in his music,
but the remarkable miracle is when he visited Thirupati temple, the deity was
covered in the cloth screen, he sang a song asking Rama to remove the screen,
the screen was burned in the fire and the Lord Venkatachalapathy was visible to
everyone there at the presence.
One time he visited Chennai
Thiruvatriyur temple, on the way he saw people crying with the dead body,
Thiyagaraja sang a song that man got his life back and he became alive. His
spectacular compositions are Pancharathna keerthanams, this gives meaning in
English five gems, all his compositions are learned and played in the
instrumental music and vocal music by the music lovers. Still people are
searching for his unknown music composition to sing and play in the musical
instruments. Many people wanted to worship him, but he directed everyone to
worship lord Rama.
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