Life

Thyagaraja’s Life Style

• Uncha Vrutti:  Once a week – enough for his family, students and guests
• Did bhajanas every Ekadasi based on Utsava Sampradaya and Divya Nama kirtanas

Musical Prowess

• Early Musical Talent
  • Music vidwans who recognized Thyagaraja’s skills early on:
    • His father
    • Ramasesha Sastry,
    • Bhashyam Krishna Sastry
• Compositions as a Young Boy
  • Namo Namo Raghavaya (Desi Thodi)
  • Thava Dasoham (Punnagavarali)
• Musical Training
  • Teacher: Sonthi Venkata Ramanayya (veena Venkata Ramana Dasu)
    • 1 year
  • Swaraarnavamu – a musical work, believed to be given by the Mythical Heavenly Sage-Musician Narada
• Musical Skills
  • Unparalleled Musician/Composer + Lyricist (Vaggeyakara)
  • Proficient at Veena
    • There used to be a veena in his puja room

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