![]() ![]() ![]() The annual performance season at Chennai also happens during Margazhi, and so whenever we (my gurus and I) sat down to make a list of pieces to be performed at my vocal/ dance concerts, presenting a Paasuram from Thiruppavai seemed like the most appropriate thing to do.” “No Margazhi (dhanur maasam) went by without all of us reciting Thiruppavai songs at the crack of dawn. An anthology of 30 short Tamil poems composed by the child saint/ goddess Andal or Kodhai in Srivilliputtur, Thiruppavai is composed by her while observing a 30-day vratam - one Paasuram (poem) each a day.īharatanatyam dancer and singer Smitha Madhav shares that even before she started learning dance and music, Thiruppavai was a fixture in the annual calendar at home. ![]() Come Dhanur maasam, many temples, including the Srivari Temple in Tirumala, replace the morning rituals like the Suprabhatam with Thiruppavai renditions. ![]()
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