The Ganaraga Pancharathna Kritis
These five major works of art and philosophy have now, by popular usage, become an essential part of the Thyagaraja Aradhana celebrations wherever they are held. They are sung by…
The Compositional Forms
Saint Thyagaraja wrote compositions that included many forms and varieties: Divyanama kritis, Utsava Sampradaya Kritis, The Pancharathnas, and the Operas. These musical forms varied from the simplest to the complicated…
His Views on Ego and Rituals
Like most other saints and sages, Thyagaraja Swami tells us that it is primarily the mind that one must tame so that its full potential raises one ultimately to a…
Thyagaraja Swami – Advaitist or Visistadvaitist?
Practically, every school of philosophy has claimed Swami as its votary. Citing Swami's later day kritis such as Gnanamosoga rada in Poorvikalyani and Paramatmudu in Vagadheeswari, the dvaitis claim him."…