There’s a buzz across the Bhaktavatsala Perumal temple at Tirukkannamangai close to Tiruvarur for 2 causes. The primary, fairly actually due to the bees buzzing in regards to the giant beehives housed throughout the sanctum, that are worshipped. The second is as a result of the temple kinds the setting for the launch of a video documentary collection by Carnatic vocalist G Ravi Kiran chronicling the compositions of Muthuswamy Dikshitar and with the locations that impressed him.

The Dikshita Kshetra Darshanam by Ravi Kiran’s college Guruguhaamrta will launch on March 24, to rejoice the 247th start anniversary of the 18thcentury singer-poet. The Bhaktavatsala Perumal temple was chosen as Tiruvarur is the birthplace of Dikshitar.

“Dikshitar’s compositions lend themselves to myriad interpretations relying on what one seeks. His ‘kritis’ could be seen as musical edifices, religious outpourings, or travelogues. By way of this mission, we are attempting to look inside out from a ‘kriti’ to the context wherein it's set,” says Ravi Kiran. “He sings of the rivers, locales, even the structure of the temples and the rituals carried out there,” he says.
This brings us to the beehive, talked about within the final line of Dikshitar’s ‘kriti’ ‘Bhaktavatsalam Abhishekavalli’ composed at Bhaktavatsala Perumal temple. Legend has it that the rishis who attended Goddess Lakshmi’s grand wedding ceremony that befell right here had been so enamoured by the temple city that they determined to remain again as bees. They continue to be to at the present time, goes the story, inhabiting the interior sanctum of the temple, and are worshipped. “Dikshitar’s composition brings this fascinating reality to life,” says Ravi Kiran.

By way of Guruguhaamrta, says Ravi Kiran, we have now been working to create a motion geared toward highlighting and propagating the legacy of Dikshitar. “The primary season has six episodes that will probably be launched each month,” says Ravi Kiran. Whereas Ravi Kiran will sing Dikshitar’s compositions, storyteller and heritage fanatic Madhusudhanan Kalaichelvan will present narratives on the historical past of the temple cities.

“Dikshitar’s ‘Thyagaraja Mahadwajaroha’ vividly describes the 55-day annual pageant of the Tiruvarur temple,” says Kalaichelvan. “In his Kannada music ‘Sree Mathrubhootham’, the composer explains how Lord Shiva, within the guise of a nurse, helped a girl in labour. ”
Shot in temples of Tiruvarur, Srirangam and Trichy, the episodes will probably be out there for viewing without cost on Guruguhaamrta’s YouTube channel.

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