Tyagaraja Utsavam Musical Tribute to Sathguru Sree Thyagaraja

TYAGARAJA UTSAVAM MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO SATHGURU SREE THYAGARAJA

Panchayath/ Municipality/ Kozhikode Corporation Corporation

LOCATION District Kozhikode

Nearest Town/ Tali Mahakshetram – 130 m Landmark/ Junction

Nearest Bus station Palayam Bus Stand – 600 m

Nearest Railway Kozhikode Railway Station – 800 m station ACCESSIBILITY

Nearest Airport Calicut International Airport – 26 Km

Padmasree Mandapam Kallai Road, Tali Palayam Kozhikode – 673002 Phone: +91-495-2402565, Email: [email protected] CONTACT DATES FREQUENCY DURATION

January-February (Pushya Bahula Annual 5 Days TIME Panchami)

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL (Legend/History/Myth)

The Tyagaraja Utsavam is a musical tribute to Sathguru Sree Thyagaraja. The festival is organized at the Padmasree Mandapam by the Tyagaraja Aradhana Trust, a carnatic music sabha based in Calicut. The three day event in the initial years has now grown into a full-fledged five day festival. Musicians from both within and outside Kerala eagerly wait to take part in the festival since it started in 1981. Tyagaraja was one of the greatest of music composers from South India and a musical prodigy. Known as the father of modern Carnatic music, his compositions are inspired and infused with Rama Bhakthi. He wrote his first song when he was hardly 13 and went on to compose the grandest songs ever written and two musical plays of unequalled beauty. Nearly 700 of his compositions are actively taught and practiced till date.

International Over 10,000 RELEVANCE- NO. OF PEOPLE (Local / National / International) PARTICIPATED EVENTS/PROGRAMS DESCRIPTION (How festival is celebrated)

The festival takes place around the Pushya Bahula Panchami dates which fall around January-February commemorating the date that Tyagaraja attained mukti. The events are conducted at the premises of the Padamashree Mandapam at Tali in Kozhikode. The festival provides a platform for music students and sangeeta rasikas to pay Vocal and Instrumental homage to great the great Sree Tyagaraja. Every year few Renditions of Tyagaraja devotees who pre-apply are allowed to either sing a Kritis. Tyagaraja Kriti or play it on an instrument to the Mass rendition of accompaniment of a mridangam and violin provided by the Pancharatna Kritis. trust. The compositions of Sree Tyagaraja are performed Anjaneyotsavam non-stop from 8.00 am up to 11.00 pm in the night. The Devotees’ Music early afternoon to late evenings consist of concerts of artistes invited to perform. Early morning Unchavriti, Nadaswaram performance, mass rendering of the Pancharatna Kritis in the mid-morning and the final Anjaneyotsavam into the early hours of the night are the prime highlights of the festival.