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Celebrating the Trinity in Tiruvarur
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Chaturnam Purusharthanam
Tyagam Yasmat Karotyataha
Tyagaraja iti Khyatam Somaskandam
Bhajamyaham”. Thus adored is
the divine form of Lord Tyagesa,
as an embodiment of sacrifice and
worshipped as Somaaskandamurti
(Sa = Uma + Skanda) as enshrined at
the Mooladhara kshetra Kamalapura,
well-known as Tiruvarur and Aarur.
It is the seat of all south Indian
artisitic traditions; it is indeed a
rare occurrence that all the three
of our music trinity – Tyagaraja,
Muthuswami Dikshitar and
Syama Sastry – were born in this
holy town, though they moved away
after a while or came back to sing
there, remaining ‘Kamala-Tyaga
Bhaktas’.