జగదానంద కారకా Jagadaananda Karaka at Thiruvayur Thyagarajotsava

Trinity of Carnatic music

The three prolific 18th century composers. Thyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar and Syama Sastri are collectively known as the Trinity of Carnatic music. Carnatic music is based centrally on a number of compositions, mostly attributed top them. The composititions of Syama Sastri, whose actual name was Venkata Subrahmanya, are know for their intricate rhythmic patterns, those of Thyatraraja for the happy blend of emotion and melody and compositions of compositions of Dikshitar for their depiction of melodic beauty and variety.

Largest congregation of classical musicians

The Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival, held every Jan, Feb. on the banks of the river Cauvery at Thiruvayur in Tamil Nadu brings, together over 1,000 renowned classical music artistes from across the globe. As a mark of respect to the great master, the Pancharatna (five gems) kritis are rendered in unison by all the artistes on the Aradhana day, the day he attained Samadhi.

These videos are two parts of the first of the five jems - Jagadaananda Kaarakaa. జగదానంద కారకా !! You can see many famous carnatic personalities in these videos.

Part 1



Part 2