Saint Thyagaraja showed the world that nadopasana is a veritable means to salvation, said Madras High Court Judge Justice V. Ramasubramanian at Thiruvaiyaru near here on Tuesday.
Inaugurating the 168th aradhana celebrations of saint composer Thyagarja at his samadhi on the banks of Cauvery river, he said that the divine composer enshrined nadopasana and nadayoga as path to spiritual glory in the modern world. Naadam, the primordial sound of life, elevates the soul through the dwani and that was nadayoga which the saint poet exemplified, he said.
Knowledge of music must take one to bhakti and that must lead the bhakta to satsangh, which must be the ultimate yearning of a musically enlightened soul, the Judge underlined.
Tracing the “connection” between the court hall and the concert hall, Mr. Ramasubramanian in a lighter vein remarked that if there was “suswaram” in relationships then people would go to ‘kutchery’ and if the relationship deigns to “abhaswaram,” then they would go to “another kutchery” as the courts were once called.
The Sri Thyagabrahma Mahotsava Sabha has been doing a yeoman service to the memory of the saint poet in ensuring a glorious tradition of musical homage in Thiruvaiyaru, he commended. Collector N. Subbaiyan, Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Sabha and former Union Minister G.K. Vasan and Sabha president G. Rangasamy Moopanar were among those who spoke.
Music concerts and performances by leading musicians would mark the aradhana celebrations of the saint composer and the high point of the musicians rendering the pancharatna kritis in chorus would be held on Saturday.
