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Born in Soolamangalam, a village with musical heritage in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, of Karnam Ramaswami Ayyar and Janaki Ammal, the sisters had their training in music from K. G. Murthi of Soolamangalam, Pathamadai S. Krishnan, and Mayavaram Venugopalayyar.
Soundararajan was born in Madurai, the second son of Meenakshi Iyengar and Venkatammaa on 24 March 1922.He was born in a prominent Saurashtra Brahmin family [1] [7] [8] and his elder brother was a scholar.
He was a Murugan devotee who helped rebuild and complete the works on many of the temples across Tamil Nadu. At the time when the atheist movement swept Tamil Nadu, he sought to re-establish Hinduism and Theism in the State. [2] He has also scripted a movie, Siva Kavi. [2] He used all possible mediums to spread Hinduism.
Kandhan Karunai (transl. By the mercy of Kandhan) is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film, written and directed by A. P. Nagarajan.It features an ensemble cast including Sivaji Ganesan, Gemini Ganesan, K. B. Sundarambal, Savitri, Jayalalithaa, K. R. Vijaya and Sivakumar.
During his visit to Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu, Pamban Swami had failed to visit Kumarakottam, the famous Murugan temple in the town. On his way back, Murugan appeared before him in the form of a 30-year-old man wearing a turban and asked if he had visited Kumarakottam, where the Kanda Puranam was composed by the temple priest Kanchiappa ...
During a screening at a Madras cinema, several women went into a religious frenzy during a scene with Avvaiyar and Murugan. The film was temporarily suspended so the women could be attended to. [59] According to artist Jeeva, the management of the Raja Theatre built a replica of Mount Kailash to promote Thiruvilaiyadal. [63]
The worship of Murugan has strong roots in Tamil Nadu. According to Tamil legends, Murugan was the brave warrior who defeated the powerful demon Surapadman, [5] and was seen as being the epitome of youth, compassion and beauty. Arunagirinathar's songs build on this tradition, hailing Murugan as the source of all knowledge, who even gave saintly ...
The Bhakti movement in Tamil Nadu was composed of two main parallel groups: Shaivas (who also worshipped local deities like Shiva or his son Murugan/Kartikeya) and Vaishnavas (who also worshipped local deities like TirumÄl). The Vaishnava Alvars and Shaiva Nayanars and, who lived between 5th and 9th century CE. [42]