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Thyagaraja Temple (also called as Vadivudai Amman Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva. It is located in Tiruvottiyur in the northern part of Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India . The temple is revered by the Tevaram hymns of Saiva nayanars , the 7th century Tamil saint poets and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam .
The temple is believed to have been initiated with a large complex by the Pallavas during the 7th century. [12] Contemporary history of the temple dates back to the time of the Medieval Cholas. An inscription dated in the 20th regnal year of Rajendra I (1012–1044) beginning with the introduction "Tirumanni valara" is found on the north and ...
Tyagaraja was born Kakarla Tyagabrahmam in 1767 [Note 1] to a Telugu Vaidiki Mulakanadu Brahmin family [4] [5] in Tiruvarur in present-day Tiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu.There is a school of thought led by musicologist B. M. Sundaram that contests this and proposes Tiruvaiyaru as his birthplace.
The temple chariot of the Thyagaraja temple, weighing 360 tonnes (790,000 lb) and measuring 96 feet (29 m) tall is the largest temple chariot in India. Thiruvarur is the birthplace of Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri, popularly known as the Trinity of Carnatic music of the 18th century CE. Thiruvarur Thiyagarajaa Swaamy temple ...
The 30-ft tall temple car rises to 96 ft, after decoration is completed with bamboo poles and colourful cloth, the kalasha alone accounting for 6 ft, all of which take the original weight of 220 tonnes to 350. Incidentally, the massive car of Valluvar Kottam in Chennai was built on the lines of the Tiruvarur 'Aalhi Ther.' [1]
Thyagaraja Aradhana is an annual aradhana (a Sanskrit term meaning act of glorifying God or a person) of Telugu saint composer Tyagaraja. The music festival is observed in the states of Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Tamil Nadu , primarily in Tiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district of Tamilnadu , the place where Tyagaraja attained Jeeva ...
7th century CE: Vedapureeswarar Temple, Descent of the Ganges (Mamallapuram), [12] Kapaleeshwarar Temple, [13] Tiruvottiyur Thyagaraja Temple, [14] and Marundeeswarar Temple [15] are built. 806 CE: Date of the oldest surviving inscription in the city, a mixed Tamil-Sanskrit record of the Pallava king Dantivarman found in the Parthasarathi ...
The Kuzhanthai Velappar Temple (Kulandai Velayudha Swami Tirukkovil)[6] has three thousand years of history and was consecrated by Bhogar. The idol is made of Navaphasanam(Dasabashanam) . As per inscriptions in the temple which temple has built by king of Chera dynasty during 10/12 Century.There is a song-poem(Poombarai Velan) by Aruna giri ...