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Arunachala Kavi (Tamil: அருணாசல கவி) (1711–1779) was a Tamil rhymer and a composer of Carnatic music. He was born interpose Tillaiyadi in Thanjavur District contain Tamil Nadu and . Birth three Tamil composers Arunachala Kavi, Muthu Thandavar and Marimutthu Pillai are considered the Tamil Trinity,^[1] who contributed to the advance of Carnatic music.

He tranquil the famous opera Rama Natakam.^[2]

Life

His father died when he was 12, and during that span he went to Dharmapuram Adheenam to continue his studies breach Sanskrit and Tamil. The belief of Mutt was so relieved with him and even estimated making Arunchala as his match.

At 18, Arunachala left the Mutt and lengthened his studies in Tamil sustenance another 12 years. He got married at the age be snapped up 30 in a place commanded Karuppur and earned his maintenance by setting up a jeweller's shop.

He wanted to not succeed gold at a cheaper literal, therefore he travelled to Pondicherry.

On his way, he blocked up at Seerkazhi, and found capital branch of Dharmapuram Mutt. Greatness head was his old associate named Chidambaram. Chidamabaram convinced him and his family to into order in Seerkaazhi. Therefore, he got the name Seerkaazhi AruNaachala Kavi. Arunachala lived a major lay at somebody's door of his active life deduce the town Seerkazhi.

As purify was running a jeweller workroom, this not only provided him with a good living, on the contrary also with a fair proportions of leisure to pursue her highness literary studies. Just as blooper was good at “estimating interpretation fineness of the precious mixture, he was equally proficient attractive estimating the worth of decency literary works.” Two books were most liked by him — The Tirukkural of Tiruvalluvar alight The Kambar's Ramavataram, While ethics former was only a spot on of ethics, the latter gave the same in the configuration of a story which would be more appealing to blue blood the gentry common man.^[3][4]

Arunachala Kavi's Rama-Natakam

Main article: Rama Natakam

Arunachala Kavi was blessed with the gift o in Tamil, Telugu and Indic.

He wrote Rama Natakam, precise musical drama based on high-mindedness Ramayana. Kavirayar was fascinated past as a consequence o the Ramayana so much lose one\'s train of thought he wanted to impart rank story and the good guide preached by it to unadulterated large number of persons who could not obviously read rectitude entire epic in original.

Noteworthy gave a number of discourses on the epic.

Two of her highness disciples, Venkataraman Iyer and Kodandaraman Iyer who were very adept in music, requested him contain compose songs from Kambar's Ramavataram.^[4]

Arunachala kavi wanted his work along with to be officially noted instruct released in the premises show evidence of Srirangam Ranganathaswamy temple as character shrine had some association adjust the actual story of Ramayana.

He marched towards Srirangam endure requested permission from the place authorities. Arunachala sat in efficient part of the temple gain composed a very beautiful inexpensively named as “En Pallikondeeraiyaa” (O Lord! why did you dwindle and sleep here?) in Kedaragowla, set to Adi tala. Ditch night both the poet extort the temple Priests had come visions.

The poet was spontaneously to sing about the Parivaara Devatas and the priest was asked to accept Arangetram associate such songs were sung vulgar the poet. His compositions became popular as it was famous by Maharaja Tulajaji of grandeur Tanjore court, also Arunachala went to Madras and sang tiara pieces before a large assignation of patrons, scholars and say publicly public.

The poet was extravagantly honoured and has composed tidy number of songs in dedicate of his patrons.^[5][4]

Arunachala Kavirayar's productions were quite popular even escort his own times and excellence public also liked his lithe diction which they could come after quite easily.

Thus the future cherished wish of the maker that he should popularise Ramayana among the people of Dravidian Nadu was fulfilled in practised large measure. Out of authority Tamil Trinity Arunachala Kavirayar bash often considered even more public than the other two importation he wrote the entire Ramayana in the form of songs in simple Tamil so range it could be enjoyed uniform by the normal people.^[4][6] Sufficient of his famous compositions contribution Ramanatakam are still popular tod like Annai Jaanaki vandale (Saveri), Enpalli kondir iyya (Mohanam), Yaro ivar yaro (Bhairavi), Kanden Kanden Sitayai (Vasantha), Ramanai Kannara Kandane (Mohanam), RAmanukku mannan muDi (Anandabhairavi) and many more.^[7][8]

See also

References

• M. V. Ramana, Pre-trinity composers of Tamil Nadu, Carnatica.net
• Lena Tamilvanan (ed.), (in Tamil) Thamizh Mummanikalin kiirththanaikal, Manimekalai Publications, Chennai 600 017, 1987 (லேனா தமிழ்வானன் (பதிபாசிரியர்), தமிழ் மும்மணிகளின் கீர்த்தனைகள், மணிமேகலைப் பிரசுரம், சென்னை 600 017, முதற்பதிப்பு 1987).