In 2007 noted writer Bill Bryson came out with ‘Shakespeare, The World As A Stage,’ a book that dealt with how despite millions of words written on the Bard of Avon relatively nothing is known of his ...

The performance is about the struggles of a person, who seeks the divine, Srividya Angara Sinha In today’s world, when social media is so prevalent, we struggle to draw that line between an inner ...

The modern concert format (kaccheri paddhati) as we know it evolved in the earlier part of the 20thcentury. The format consists of several compositional varieties like varnams, kritis, pallavis, ...

Anita Guha's thematic production 'Endaro Mahanubhavulu', that celebrates Tyagaraja’s devotion to Lord Rama premiered recently in Chennai.

Sound and music have a hoary past in Indian civilization. The concept of "Nada Brahman" (sound divine, pure vibration) is embedded in aspects of yoga and meditation, and "Nada Yoga" is a disciplinary ...

Every genre of music has its influencers and demigods. Some of them change the course of history. In Western classical, you have Beethoven and Mozart. In Hindustani music, you have the Sufi saint Amir ...

Bahula Panchami is the day the Pitamaha of Carnatic Music, saint composer Tyagaraja attained the lotus feet of Lord Rama. It is the 165th aradhana this year. Tyagaraja aradhana is celebrated at the ...

Carnatic music has been enriched by the trinity of music that includes Muththuswami Dixitar, Shyamashastri and Saint Tyagaraja, whose spiritual lyrics are expressive. THANE: Carnatic music has been ...

Thiruvaiyuru, where composer-saint Tyagaraja lived, is an annual pilgrimage for Carnatic musicians, eminent and unknown, young and old, points out V Ramnarayan. IMAGE: The Aiyarappar temple in ...

Here's a rather interesting view from orbit around the innermost planet: Mercury's Tyagaraja crater, the interior of which is seen here in an oblique-angled image acquired by the MESSENGER spacecraft ...