Carnatic music went through a phase when the average public started to join the audience. It was hitherto a temple affair or in the private sanctuary of the fraternity. Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar ...
Ariyakudi, a village near Karaikudi in Tamil Nadu, has a temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu, one of the biggest in the region. Called the Thiruvengatamudaiyan temple, it has a lofty seven-tier ...