Did you know that an ancient musical instrument is still being played everyday at the Thiruvarur Thyagaraja temple? It is called the Panchamukha Vadyam. The musician in the Thiruvarur temple who is skilled in playing this instrument is a descendant of Tambiyappa, one of the disciples of the Composer, Muthuswami Dikshitar. While I haven’t had the fortune of...
We drove into Thiruvarur at around 10 AM. Had booked a room at Hotel Selvies, (Mob:8489101091) in the heart of Thiruvarur. A decent hotel with great food. Since we wanted to visit the Thyagaraja temple for the famous Sayarakshka pooja which will commence at around 5 pm, we decided to visit a few other famous temples around Thiruvarur in the forenoon. We chose...