I have often wondered what prevented Kerala, the south-west tip of the Indian sub-continent, from embracing the oceanic grandeur and profundity of the classical Karnatic music till the dawn of the 20th century. King Swathy Thirunal and his court musicians definitely did have an influence in Thiruvananthapuram and in its immediate precincts in the 19th century when it comes to Karnatic music. The untimely demise of Swathy sounded the death knell of Karnatic music too in the capital city of the erstwhile Travancore. This was but an ephemeral state of affairs.Read more in the site
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Respected Sir, Among all that has been mentioned, I concur to the thoughts with sadness that the Parasurama Kshetra and the deep routed Hindu customs, rituals and many other related fronts has been politicised, twisted and distorted beyond repair. Like your friend/colleague whom you met at Udupi, no one would want to return to the state willingly seeing its plight in the past few years.
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