Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
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| Indian classical music | |
|---|---|
| Carnatic music | |
| Composers | |
| Purandara Dasa | |
| The Trimurti | |
| Tyagaraja | |
| Muthuswami Dikshitar | |
| Syama Sastri | |
| Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma | |
| Singers | |
| M. S. Subbulakshmi | |
| Hindustani music | |
| Concepts | |
| Śruti | |
| Raga | |
| Melakarta | |
| Katapayadi sankhya | |
| Swara | |
| Tala | |
| Mudra |
Besides being an able ruler, he was a patron of music and a musician by himself. He encouraged both broad systems of Indian music, Hindustani and Carnatic music, though he was essentially a connoisseur of the carnatic music tradition.
He has written and composed songs in different languages and ragas. Some of his favorite compositions are Padmanabha Pahi, Deva Deva and Sarasijanabha. His compositions are sung during the Dusshera season, at Kuthiramalika in the Fort at Trivandrum near Padmanabha Swamy Temple. The king was fluent in Indian languages like Marathi, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil and Oriya to name a few. He even has composed ragas in several ragas.
The Trivandrum Observatory, The Museum & Zoo, The Government Press, Trivandrum Public Library (now State Central Library), The Oriental Manuscript Library, etc. were started by Swathi Thirunal
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