Saiva Tirumurais democratised Tamil literature, says Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman praised the Saiva Tirumurais for democratizing Tamil literature and preserving ancient musical traditions. Speaking at a festival in Chennai, she noted that these scriptures helped common people engage with devotional literature and influenced modern Carnatic music.
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It highlights the intersection of cultural heritage, religious history, and the evolution of classical Indian music.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Saiva Tirumurais played a pivotal role in enabling ordinary people to understand and sing devotional Tamil literature. She also highlighted that many classical ragas performed on Carnatic music stages today originated from the panns of the Tirumurais .
She was speaking at the 34 th annual Deiva Sekkizhar Festival in Chennai, jointly organised by the Sekkizhar Research Centre and Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research.
On Saturday, the second day of the festival, two books — The Panniru Tirumurais and the Thiruchendur Sthala Puranam — were released by the pontiff of the Dharmapuram Adheenam, Sri Masilamani Gnanasambanda Desika Paramacharya Swamigal, and received by the Finance Minister.
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