"Tyagaraja aradhanas are held all over India and abroad. But the one in Tiruvayyar is special. The Government of Kerala used to conduct the festival in Kuthiramalika Palace till a few years back. But then they decided to hold it in different places all over Kerala. While the thought behind the move was laudable, it was a pity that it was at the cost of the festival being discontinued at Kuthiramalika. So, although there were only two weeks to go, I managed to organise the festival in 2000 and keep it going."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
Aswathy Thirunal Rama Varma, a descendant of Swati Tirunal, on the programmes of the Swatisangeethotsavam at Kuthiramalika Palace arranged every year as expositions of the compositions of the Swati Tirunal Maharaja, held on the premises of his palace in Royal musical treat Jan 04, 2008
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Swathi_Thirunal_Rama_Varma
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, known by the full name Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (Malayalam: ശ്രീ പദ്മനാഭദാസ ശ്രീ സ്വാതി തിരുനാള് രാമവർമ്മ)(Tamil:ஸ்ரீ சுவாதி திருநாள் ராம வர்மா (April 16, 1813 – December 27, 1846) was the Maharaja of the state of Travancore [തിരുവിതാംകൂര്)) ] )) in India. He modernized Travancore with a well-formulated code of laws, courts of Justice, introduction of English education, construction of an observatory, installation of the first Government pr
35 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma →
Related Quotes
"All that I write whether poetry or music centred around God. This is an act of faith in me. Music is not worth its na…"
"Very few rulers could come anywhere near Swati Tirunal in his patronage of arts, his catholicity of religious outlook…"
"He was devoted to Lord Padmanabha, the deity in the Tiruvantharapura temple, but he saw no distinction between Siva a…"
"It was a tradition with the Travancore royalty to prefix the names of their children with the asterism under which th…"
"Swati Tirunal, now thirteen... took up a book of mathematics and selecting the forty seventh proposition of Euclid sk…"
"By the time His Highness attained his majority, he had completed his education and become a perfect master of Sanskri…"
"On April 20, 1829, Swati Tirunal formally assumed charge of his kingdom. Those were tough times for Indians."
"There is perhaps no example of any conquest in which the natives have been so completely excluded from all share of t…"
"Creditably, notwithstanding his limited powers, he aimed to make Travancore a “model state.” A well-formulated code o…"
"My sense of the high advantage derived from this establishment in a scientific point of view, as I am fully sensible …"