Listen to radio announcements for Carnatic music concerts over AIR from stations in Tamilnadu. The compositions of Syama Sastri and Swati Tirunal are invariably introduced as ‘Syama Sastri Sahityam’ or ‘Swati Tirunal Sahityam’! And this has been religiously followed for several years now.
They never use ‘sahityam’ for Tyagaraja or Dikshitar. It's 'kritis' only, mercifully!
Purandara dasa (dasar padam), Narayanathirtha (tarangam) and Khetrajna(padam) luckily are out of this discrimination thanks to the specialisation!
Syama Sastri and Swati Tirunal 'sahityam'
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Sivaramakrishnan
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munirao2001
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Re: Syama Sastri and Swati Tirunal 'sahityam'
Sivaramakrishnan Sir
If your observation is correct, we must write to the Station Director, AIR-Chennai, Coimbatore and Trichy for making the necessary correction.
munirao2001
If your observation is correct, we must write to the Station Director, AIR-Chennai, Coimbatore and Trichy for making the necessary correction.
munirao2001