Glorious THYAGARAJA- KEERTHANAS !!!

[Sudhaama]

(1) SINGERS: Most of the Tamilian-MUSICIANS do not know Telugu..... Still they PREFER to learn and ENJOY singing MORE of Telugu Songs especially Thyagaraja Keerthanas... Why?

(2) RASIKAS: Most of the AUDIENCE in Tamilnadu also do not know Telugu... Still they prefer Telugu songs composed NOT ONLY by Thyagabrahmam... but also OTHER Vakgeyakaras TOO who composed in Telugu...like Shyama Sasthri, Mysore Vasudevachariar, Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, and so on... preferably Thyagaraja Keerthanas .. although all of them are of alien Language Telugu.... Why?

(3) COMPOSERS : While Thyagarajar's Mother-tongue was Telugu and he composed most of his Keerthanas in his Mother-Tongue... even the Non-Telugus like Mysore Vasudevachar, of Kannada Mother-tongue,and Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar, of Tamil Mother-tongue too had composed only in Telugu ..Why?

(4) ORGANISERS: Similarly.. in all the Towns and Cities having abundant Sangeetha- Rasikas ... the ORGANISERS (despite most of them Non-Telugus not knowing Telugu language)... are happier to organise a Thyagaraja- Aradhana Festival more than any other Music-Festival. ..Why?

(5) POPULARITY : Even though several Music-Festivals are celebrated annually all over India... such as Bhahath-Khande Festival... Thansen Festival.. and the like.. for Hindusthani-Music... alongside the Narayana- Theertha- Festival, Dheekshitha-Festival, Shyama-sasthri Festival, Thrimurthi- Festival, Swathi-Thirunal Festival, Navarathri-Music- Festival ... the Annual celebration of the Thyagaraja-Aradhana-Festival at Thiruvaiyaaru only is the ....MOST POPULAR one .. involving even the International broadcast by Radio and TV programmes.... Why ?