Sources have stated that at a time when Wats’app has been redefining inter-personal communication, a 50 year old musician here has been using it for a unique purpose and he is promoting Muthuswami Dikshithar, the legendary poet composer and one of the trinity of Carnatic music.
It is stated that the Wats’app group, ‘Sangeethopasana,’ started by musician and researcher Kanhangad Sankaran Namboodiri in April to mark the 240th birth anniversary of Dikshithar, is now on a 240 day mission to collect and is promoting all the known and unknown compositions by the maestro, who was born in Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Namboodiri has told that it was one of his students who have suggested the possibility of using Wats’app as a medium to connect with Dikshithar lovers and the response is overwhelming and after the 240-day mission, they are planning to compile the works both in book and audio formats, which would also be propagated on social media.
