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  2. Viswanatha Sastri - Wikipedia

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    The songs are in simple flowing language, set in well-known Hindustani ragas like Behag, Bhimpalas, Bilaval. Mand and Desh to ensure they are sung all over the country [India]. [ 2 ] There are still a good number of songs in the manuscript, both in Tamil and Sanskrit, which Sastri intended to publish such as " Shiva Shakti Madhura Kirtanai ...

  3. Music in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Music in Varanasi is a tradition linked to the ancient times of the Pauranic legends. Lord Shiva , who is reported to have established this city, was credited with developing music and dance forms.

  4. Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi], [a] [b] also Benares, Banaras Hindustani pronunciation: [bəˈnaːrəs] [c] [12] [13] [14] or Kashi [d] [15]) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.

  5. Falimy - Wikipedia

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    Falimy is a 2023 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-drama film [3] written and directed by Nithish Sahadev in his directorial debut. [4] The film stars Basil Joseph, Jagadish and Manju Pillai. [5] [6] It narrates the journey of a dysfunctional middle-class family to Varanasi and the realisations they gain from it.

  6. Bharat Mata - Wikipedia

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    The Bharat Mata temple was built in Varanasi in 1936 by Shiv Prashad Gupt and was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi. This temple does not have any statuary but only a marble relief of the map of India. [7] Bipin Chandra Pal elaborated its meaning in idealizing and idealist terms, along with Hindu philosophical traditions and devotional practices ...

  7. Music of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Gaana songs are performed at weddings, stage shows, political rallies, and funerals. Performers sing about a wide range of topics, but the essence of gaana is said to be "angst and melancholy" based in life's struggles. [2] In the past few decades, the genre has entered the music of the mainstream Tamil film industry and gained popularity.

  8. Tirumurai - Wikipedia

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    Tirumurai (Tamil: திருமுறை, meaning Holy Order) is a twelve-volume compendium of songs or hymns in praise of Shiva in the Tamil language from the 6th to the 11th century CE by various poets in Tamil Nadu. Nambiyandar Nambi compiled the first seven volumes by Appar, Sambandar, and Sundarar as Tevaram during the 12th century.

  9. Kumaragurupara Desikar - Wikipedia

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    Arriving at the mutt, Kumaraguruparar paid his obeisance to the saint. Desikar asked Kumaraguruparar to explain the significance of the song from Periya Puranam - ain^thu pEraRivum kaNkaLE Kolla. This is the song that describes the state of Sundaramurthy Nayanar, as he saw the dance of Lord Shiva at Thillai.