Tyagaraja Aradhana

Tyagaraja Aradhana
Tyagaraja Aradhana
	The idol of Thyagaraja in his temple in Tiruvaiyaru
Genre	Carnatic music
Dates	January / February
Location(s)	Thiruvaiyaru in Tamil Nadu and Tirupati and Kakarla in Andhra Pradesh
Years active	1846–present

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Thyagaraja Aradhana is an annual aradhana (a Sanskrit term meaning act of glorifying God or a person) of Telugu saint composer Tyagaraja. The music festival is observed in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka^[2]^[3] and Tamil Nadu, primarily in Tiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district of Tamilnadu, the place where Tyagaraja attained Jeeva Samadhi.^[4]^[5] The aradhana is observed on Pushya Bahula Panchami day when the saint attained Jeeva samadhi, where the musicians render the saint's Pancharatna Kritis.^[6]^[7]

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