Jai Sriman Narayana !!
There were thousands of
compositions flurried out from Thyagaraja praising the glory of Lord
Rama. It is believed that Lord Rama himself desired to listen to those
compositions from Thyagaraja. One day, Lord Rama appeared in his dream
and declared that the idol of Lord used to worship was concealed by his elder
brother Japyesha on the banks of river Cauvery. At the divine
instruction Thyagaraja arrived on the river bank of Cauvery and started
to hollow out the sand, at last he founded the idol buried.
The exceptional sight of the idol brought an immense joy in him. He
passionately sang
Kanukondini
..... Sri Rama
Thyagaraja was
married to Parvathi at the age of eighteen in the year 1784.
Unfortunately, his marriage to Parvathi was short lived for five years, when
Tyagaraja was twenty three years old his wife Parvathi attained the lotus
feet of Lord. He was compelled to remarry Kamala, sister of
Parvathi. This couple had a daughter Seethalakshmi.
Thyagaraja continued serving the Lord for several
years at his heart’s content. Later, he accepted Sanyasrama.
At the age of 79/80
Thyagaraja attained salvation at the feet of Lord while he was in Thiruvaiyar,
before ten days of his journey from this world; he conveyed the message to his
disciples that he had a dream in that Lord Rama informed him that he would
attain Moksha after ten days. Thyagaraja had completed ninety six
crores of chanting the holy names of Lord Rama and visualized Lord before
him. On 6th January, 1847 on the day of Pushya
Bahula Panchami Saint Thyagaraja attained the lotus feet of Lord
Rama.
A magnificent temple was
constructed in memorial of Saint Tyagaraja on the banks of river Cauvery.
Every year the legends of Carnatic Music pay homage to the Saint Tygaraja in
Thiruvaiyar as a tribute to the great Saint for his mission of spreading
Rama Bakthi through Nadha Upasana and Nama Upasana. As a part
of musical homage, they sing the Pancharathna Krithis (The five Gems of
Tyagaraja):
Jagadananda Karaka –
Ragam - Nattai
Dudukku gala –
Ragam - Gowlai
Sadhinchaney –
Ragam - Aarabhi
Kanakana Ruchira –
Ragam - Varali
Entharo
Mahanubhavulu – Ragam - Sreeragam
.
Mangalam Kosalendraya
Mahaneeya Gunathmaney
Chakravarthi Thanujaya
Sarvaboumaya Mangalam
Jai Sriman Narayana !!
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