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3.PORTRAIT OF THYAGARAJA

In the portrait, Thyagaraja is seated without a tambura, holding a jebamala.

IMPORTANT POINTS:

It conjures up the faction-ridden days of the festival at Thiruvaiyaru
Saint Tyagaraja was a renowned composer of Carnatic music.
He has composed thousands of devotional compositions, mostly in Telugu in the praise of Lord Rama, many of which remain popular today.
He saw the reigns of four kings of Maratha dynasty — Tulaja II (1763-1787), Amarasimha (1787-1798), Serfoji II (1798-1832) and Sivaji II (1832-1855), but he served none of them.

ABOUT THE PORTRAIT:

In the portrait, Thyagaraja is seated without a tambura.
Instead, he holds a jebamala.
Every year, this portrait would be taken from Tiruveezhimizhalai to Thiruvaiyaru to be carried in the procession as part of the Aradhna conducted by Periya Katchi.
This faction was led by Narasimha Bhagavathar, the elder brother of the Thillaisthanam lineage of Thyagaraja’s disciples.
The portrait was actually in the possession of violin maestro Malaikkottai Govindaswamy Pillai, one of the key leaders of the Periya Katchi.
He handed it over to Subramania Pillai in 1931 before his death.