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	Saint Thyagarajar
		Thyagaraja's reputation as an outstanding musician and composer was due to his desire to compose only to serve Rama and not any human being.
		The `Thyagaraja Aradhana' is celebrated every year on Pushya Bagula Panchami day when the saint attained samadhi, under the auspices of Sri Thyagabrahma Mahotsava Sabha at the saint's samadhi at Thiruvaiyaru.
		Thyagaraja Aradhana festival was celebrated this year at Thiruvaiyaru.
	www.saintthyagarajar.com (158 words)

	The bard of Cauvery at Tiruvaiyaru - 2
		Thyagaraja was upset that he could not view the Lord and so sang the song ‘tera tIyaga rAda?’ (gauLipantu) pleading for the curtain to part.
		After listening to Thyagaraja’s kriti ‘manasu nilpa shakti lEka bOtE’ (AbhOgi) expressing the thought that it is futile to worship god offering flowers when the mind is not under control, he went to the river for a bath and composed a kriti on the spot in the same rAgam on Lord Nataraja of Cidambaram.
		Thyagaraja was very happy and appreciative of young Bharathi’s devotion and composing acumen.
	www.chennaionline.com /music/Carnaticmusic/2006/01saint1.asp (779 words)

	Sri Thyagaraja Swamy - Trinity of Carnatic music
		It was on 4th may 1767 that the great saint composer Sri Thyagaraja was born in Tiruvayur in Tanjore district to a learned father Sri Rama Brahmam.
		Thyagaraja had the bhakthi cult in him right from his boyhood and this urged him to write songs on his beloved diety 'Rama'.
		Sri Thyagaraja's festival takes place at Tiruvayur every year where he composed many of his compositions attended by all Carnatic musicians from south and north of India and lovers, patrons of music.
	www.carnaticmusic.esmartmusic.com /srithyagaraja/thyagaraja.htm (274 words)

	Saint Thyagaraja’s life and kirtanas are the heritage of Indian culture expressed in classical Carnatic music
		Saint Thyagaraja’s life and kirtanas are the heritage of Indian culture expressed in classical Carnatic music.
		The centre of Thyagaraja’s existence and the summit of his aspirations was to experience in every breath the bliss of Rama bhakti and thereby gain a vision of his Ishta Devata.
		Sri Thyagaraja’s life was a confluence and symphony of three streams – spirituality, saintliness and sangita and the harmony of these find spontaneous self-expression in every syllable of his sahityas.
	www.geocities.com /mohanayyar/articles/thyagaraja-svk.html (946 words)

	Thanjavur
		Thyagaraja is one of the greatest composers in the classical music world of South India and respected as a divine name.
		Sri Thyagaraja’s music came to be widely appreciated for its charm and grandeur, spiritual fervour and transcendental sublimity.
		In Thyagaraja we have a devoted Rama Baktha, an inspired composer of Bhajan songs and classical music, a person who was learned in Puranas, a philosopher and a moralist.
	www.thanjavur.tn.nic.in /thyagaraja-aradhana.htm (323 words)

	Indian Music Religious Music
		Thyagaraja was born in a society that was divided by caste.
		Thyagaraja, a revolutionary, decided that he should use his compositions to highlight the society's ills and point to values and conduct necessary to overcome these ills.
		Although Thyagaraja worshipped Rama and used Rama as the principal character in most of his compositions, he never promoted Rama as the only god or his religious beliefs as the only path to salvation.
	www.ipnatlanta.net /camaga/vidyarthi/Indian_Music_Religious_Music.htm (1297 words)

	Thyagaraja Vaibhavam
		Thyagaraja Kriti - Kali Narulaku - Raga Kuntala Va...
		Thyagaraja Kriti - Sujana Jeevana - Raga Kamas
		Thyagaraja Kriti - Sri Janaki Manohari - Raga Isa...
	thyagaraja-vaibhavam.blogspot.com (4580 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum
		Thyagaraja expressed his unwillingness politely through the kriti Nidhi Chaala Sukhama to convey that material acquisition alone was not enough for peace.
		I wondered how Thyagaraja, who was never tempted by wealth, pomp and power and sought comfort and peace at the lotus feet of Rama would have reacted to the brute use of force in the precincts of his own samadhi.
		Thyagaraja, for whom Rama was all and everything, is believed to have had a darshan of his Lord with Sita and Hanuman.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20060219/spectrum/main1.htm (1791 words)

	The Prakshipta Krithis of Saint Thyagaraja
		Thyagaraja is considered to be the most popular vaggeyakara in Carnatic music.
		The original composition did not have Thyagaraja 's name in it, however, the mudra was inserted by an anonymous person later in order to give it wider popularity.
		Thyagaraja 's musical compositions exerted considerable dominance in Carnatic music thereby influencing some skillful composers to use the ragas of Thyagaraja 's kritis for their own lyrics.
	www.carnaticcorner.com /articles/prakshipta.html (580 words)

	THYAGARAJA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thyagaraja was a great devotee of Rama as a devotee, he had numerous experiences which he conveyed to the world through his songs.
		Resenting the action of Thyagaraja in rejecting the treasures sent by the ruler of Thanjavur to the saint, the elder brother cast into the river the idols of Rama and others worshipped by him.
		Thyagaraja sang of the dilemma that faces everyone, when confronted with riches on the one hand and the inner reality of God on the other.
	members.rediff.com /saivani/Thyagaraja.htm (1206 words)

	rediff.com US edition: In memory of Thyagaraja
		The notion of weaving an intriguing tale around documented historical facts from Thyagaraja's life and tying them to his ingenious musical compositions began to hold her mind hostage.
		Thyagaraja ages gracefully: the deft morphing of the composer from youth to old age resulted from countless debates on how exactly he must have looked at every stage in his life.
		Young Thyagaraja is deeply moved by the Ramayana as he reads it sitting under a shady tree.
	www.rediff.com /us/2000/jun/17us.htm (1159 words)

	Thanjavur (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Thyagaraja is one of the greatest composers in the classical music world of South India and respected as a divine name.
		Sri Thyagaraja’s music came to be widely appreciated for its charm and grandeur, spiritual fervour and transcendental sublimity.
		In Thyagaraja we have a devoted Rama Baktha, an inspired composer of Bhajan songs and classical music, a person who was learned in Puranas, a philosopher and a moralist.
	thanjavur.nic.in /thyagaraja-aradhana.htm (323 words)

	webindia123.com-music personalities-Thyagaraja
		Thyagaraja composed devotional verses and set them to music.
		Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries are significant in the annals of Indian music because of Thyagaraja.
		His special sound effect which revolutionised Karnatic music distinguished Thyagaraja in the field of poetry.
	www.webindia123.com /music/thyagaraja.htm (231 words)

	MusicalNirvana - Thyagaraja
		He was born as the third child to Raamabrahmam and Seetamma in 1767 in the Telegu Vaidika family (Though there is a difference of opinion as regards the year of his birth.
		He was born on the fourth of May, the year being 1767 according to one tradition and 1759 according to another.) Thyagaraja was named after the presiding deity at the famous shrine at Tiruvarur and the name THYAGA-RAJA means the'Prince of Renunciation'.
		Thyagaraja's musical contribution is remarkable for its quantity and variety, as much for its quality.
	www.musicalnirvana.com /composers/thyagaraja.html (792 words)

	Thyagaraja Dasa profile on Sulekha.com
		Thyagaraja Vaibhavam - Thyagaraja Kriti - Nija Marmamula - Raga Umaabharanam
		Thyagaraja Vaibhavam - Thyagaraja Kriti - Sri Janaki Manohara - Raga Isa Manohari
		Thyagaraja Vaibhavam - Thyagaraja Kriti - Manasaa Sri Ramachandruni - Raga Easa Manohari
	thyagaraja.sulekha.com /default.htm (262 words)

	Thyagaraja Vaibhavam, Thyagaraja Dasa blogs on sulekha, Thyagaraja Dasa blog from india
		Thyagaraja Vaibhavam, Thyagaraja Dasa blogs on sulekha, Thyagaraja Dasa blog from india
		Thyagaraja Vaibhavam - Thyagaraja Kriti - Sujana Jeevana - Raga Kamas
		Thyagaraja Vaibhavam - Thyagaraja Kriti - Abhimaanamu Ledemi - Raga Andaali
	thyagaraja.sulekha.com /blog/posts.htm (648 words)

	Tamil Nadu Fine Arts > Carnatic Music Legends > Thyagaraja
		The music compositions, Tyagaraja Gana, Valmikiya Kavana and Agumbeya Astamaya are said to be unique as they hold one in rapture.
		The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were significant in the annals of Indian Classical music because of Thyagaraja.
		His special sound effects revolutionised Carnatic music and he distinguished himself in the field of poetry.
	www.tamilnadutourism.org /finearts/musiclegends/Thyagaraja.aspx?catid=C4&subcat1id=C4S6&subcat2id=C4S6S4&sm=C4S6S4 (250 words)

	Amazon.com: Thyagaraja: Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Rare and unpublished kirtanams of Thyagaraja,: With notation and text in Telugu and Tamil by TyaÌgaraÌja (Unknown Binding - 1951)
		Thyagaraja vaibhavam by E. N Purushothaman (Unknown Binding - 1992)
		festival is held in honour of the saint and composer Thyagaraja.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Thyagaraja&index=books&page=1 (941 words)

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		I do find this to be a very unique theme among all of Thyagaraja’s works, in that it is rather secular in spirit and not heavy with devotion or vairagya.
		Thyagaraja composed a number of beautiful songs about nature of music — swaras, tala, laya-, about musicians that he revered, about how music should be sung, about how it originates in the human body as well as the concepts of primordial form of sound and music, namely Nada.
		Thyagaraja himself in his own songs refers to (1) Sata Raga Ratna Malika and (2) Kirtana Susatakam.
	www.sruti.org /sruti/srutiArticleDetails.asp?ArticleId=4 (1647 words)

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		Thyagaraja Swami was born in a society which had fanatic divisions; a society which made rituals an end in itself.
		Thyagaraja Swami took these issues and undertook to write in his compositions messages that were ecumenical and catholic He criticized the warring factions, each claiming the validity of his own religion and belief, while belittling others' religion and beliefs, professing the superiority of its chosen deity over others.
		Thyagaraja Swami conveyed his message not be mere preaching but also by showing his beliefs through his own life; by living a simple and pure life.
	www.ipnatlanta.net /camaga/vidyarthi/Thyagaraja/Thyagaraja_His_Message.htm (998 words)

	Indian Heritage - Music - Composers - Thyagaraja (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Born on the 4th of May 1767 to Rama Brahman and Sitamma, he is known for his soul stirring compositions full of Raga Bhava.
		Thyagaraja is known for his bhakthi towards Sri Rama and it is this bhakthi aspect that stands highlighted in his compositions.
		Thyagaraja had a number of disciples who have presrved and prpogated his compositions.
	www.indian-heritage.org /music/thyaga.htm (146 words)

	Indian Heritage - Music - Composers - Thyagaraja (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Born on the 4th of May 1767 to Rama Brahman and Sitamma, he is known for his soul stirring compositions full of Raga Bhava.
		Thyagaraja is known for his bhakthi towards Sri Rama and it is this bhakthi aspect that stands highlighted in his compositions.
		Thyagaraja had a number of disciples who have presrved and prpogated his compositions.
	www.saigan.com /heritage/thyaga.htm (146 words)

	World Music Central - Rama Bhakti Samrajyam
		Saint Thyagaraja had in him the rare combination of Bhakti (devotion) and Gnanam (the intellect), clubbed with it was the grace of Lord Ramachandra Murthy, which had made him a great personality all over the world.
		Thyagaraja confirms that Rama Bhakti empowers in one to distinguish between right and wrong, the fact and fiction the eternal and delusion.
		This Thyagaraja had experienced all through his own life and thus the Compositions evidence the Swanubhuthi or self-experience of the bliss of the Grace of the deity Sri Rama on the composer.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php?story=20060725201141637 (2854 words)

	Reviews from The Horizons - Art, Culture and Lifestyles from India
		If you thought that Thyagaraja's music was to be savoured with the eyes closed, you were absolutely right.
		She came in as Thyagaraja, and depicted Rama, Sita, Lakshman and Hanuman in a tableau using the kanjira and mridangam to good effect.
		Thyagaraja's salutation to the evolved sages down the ages, who could perceive Rama's divinity, was peppered with the clean lines of nritta.
	www.thehorizons.com /review/rev82.htm (457 words)

	Royal Carpet: Carnatic Music Articles - R. Ganapathi Subramanian on Tyagaraja Aradhana 2002 Part I
		Thyagaraja does not fail to make express mentions of this special feature; In the kriti, sarame gaani (pantuvaraali), he describes Rama as the Lord who has the special title of the protector of those who take refuge under him.
		Taking the cue, Thyagaraja in his Darbar piece "Paripaalayamaam", says that the Lord is never more pleased than when a concourse of devotees raise their voices singing aloud his name.
		Thyagaraja embarked in the prime of his youth (in his twentieth year), on the great Tapas of reciting Rama Nama ninety-six crores of times; and took him twenty-one years and fifteen days to finish this Japa; at the end Thyagaraja had the dharshan of Sri Rama.
	www.karnatik.com /article006.shtml (3589 words)

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