People from this place are primarily engaged in weaving, making
matches and agriculture. Traditional weavers weave cotton yarn using handlooms.
Small companies operate power looms and allied trades of preparing the thread
for weaving and dyeing. The other major industry is the manufacture of match
boxes, which includes manufacturing small boxes that contain matchsticks,
preparing match sticks and loading them on to the matchboxes. The area of land
under cultivation has fallen due to failing rains and relatively poor soil
fertility. The soil type is black soil, which supports crops like kezhvaragu,
cumbu, cholam, cotton and sunflower. Kanni breed of goats, a drought-resistant
variety reared for its meat, is most common in this region.
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The place was a zamindari estate ruled by the Telugu Nayak dynasty whose
ancestors hailed from Chandragiri in present-day Andhra Pradesh. During an
invasion of Alauddin Khalji, Kumaramuttu Nayak the founder of the dynasty
migrated from Chandragiri to Tirunelveli where he was granted the region
comprising the later-established Ettaiyapuram estate. The town was established
in 1567. It is Ettayapuram, a
panchayat town in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. It is the birthplace of Mahakavi Bharathiyar. A great exponent of Carnatic music died on 21 October 1835 here. A samadhi was
erected here in his memory attracts
musicians and admirers.
The doyen of Carnatic music was a Poet, Singer, Veena player and
composer of classical keerthanas of which
around 500 are commonly known,
noted for their elaborate and poetic descriptions of Hindu Gods and
temples and for capturing the essence of the raga forms through the vainika
(veena) style that emphasises gamakas. For sure you have heard this multiple times.
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रङ्ग पुर विहार जय कोदण्ड – रामावतार रघुवीर श्री
ரங்கபுர விஹார ஜெய கோதண்ட - ராமாவதர ரகுவீர
ஸ்ரீ |
Victory to the divine Rama,
the courageous hero of the Raghu dynasty,
Residing in the colored city
of Rangapura.
"Rangapura Vihara" - the title of the song means one who roams
(vihara) in Srirangam (Rangapura), a holy temple town in Tamil Nadu, surrounded by holy Cauvery. The keerthanai details the exploits of the
Lord Rama, whose family deity is Ranganatha of Srirangam. The most famous
version of this song was rendered by M.S.Subbulakshmi, live at the United
Nations.
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Its composer, Muthuswami Dikshitar (1776 – 1835), was a poet,
singer and veena player, and a legendary composer of Indian classical music,
one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music. Muthuswami Dikshitar was born in
Tiruvarur near Thanjavur, to a family that is traditionally traced
back to Virinichipuram in the northern boundaries of the state.
Muthuswami moved to the town of Manali, near Madras at the behest
of Venkatakrishna Mudaliar, a local zamindar. The Dikshitar brothers accompanied
the zamindar to Fort St. George nearby where they were introduced to Western
orchestral music and the violin. An ascetic named Chidambaranatha Yogi then
took Muthuswami under his wing and away to the city of Benares.
Deekshithar was blessed by Tiruttani Murugar who placed a piece of sugar
candy in his mouth and commanded him to sing. This marked the beginning of his
career in music and also led to him adopting the mudra, Guruguha, one of the
many names of Murugan. His first composition was Śrināthādi guruguho jayati
jayati in the raga Maya Malavagaula. Muthuswami Dikshitar's brothers
Chinnaswami and Balaswami Dikshitar were also noted musicians.
adiyen Srinivasa dhasan
Mamandur Veeravalli Srinivasan Sampathkumar
3.9.2023
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