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	Publisher: GARUDA PRAKASHAN PVT. LTD.
	Author Kanniks Kannikeswaran
	Language: English
	Pages: 389 (B/W Illustrations)
	Cover: PAPERBACK
	9x6 inch
	Weight 390 gm
	Edition: 2025
	ISBN: 9798885752992
	HCH015

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About the Book Anubhuti explores the life and legacy of Muthusvami Dikshitar (1775-1835), a towering figure in Indian music, whose Sanskrit compositions fuse temple heritage, tantric traditions, and pan-Indian philosophies. Far beyond a composer, Dikshitar was a traveler, poet, and civilizational visionary, drawing from several cultural streams-including Mantra-Shastra, Vedanta, Srividya Tantra, and Tevaram traditions. His music reflects profound Hindu thought and Portraying his travels across India and his rich cultural synthesis ancient prosody, and bridges regional and pan-Indian expressions. during colonial rule, the book maps the geographic and spiritual inspirations behind his works. Released on his 250th birth anniversary, this work aims to showcase Dikshitar's genius for a wider audience, highlighting his unique and enduring legacy.

About the Author Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran is a visionary composer, educator, and scholar whose work has transformed the landscape of Indian American choral music and built enduring bridges between cultures. Over the past quarter-century, his pioneering artistry has inspired choirs in more than a dozen U.S. cities, brought together over 5,000 performers, and created performances that weave history, spirituality, and breathtaking musicality into unforgettable experiences. Kanniks has collaborated with world-class ensembles including the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops, Dario Fo Choir in The Hague, and the National University of Singapore Symphony Orchestra. His acclaimed large-scale works-The Chitrahaar Overture, Shanti - A Journey of Peace (the first Sanskrit oratorio), and Murasu (a Tamil oratorio chronicling three millennia of Tamil literature)-have played to sold-out audiences and critical praise in the U.S.. Recent projects include Raag Darshan, a sweeping 75-raga composition celebrating India's 75th year of independence, and a trilogy of viral water-conservation music videos for IIT Madras featuring some of India's most celebrated vocalists. Kanniks is a leading authority on Dikshitar's Nottusvara Sahityas. His groundbreaking recording Vismaya - An Indo-Celtic Musical Journey (2008) presents all 39 of these compositions for the first time, and his award-winning documentary Colonial Interlude (2023), explores the remarkable East-West musical dialogue in Dikshitar's oeuvre. His creative output has earned him the Ohio Heritage Fellowship, the McKnight Residency Fellowship, the Humanities Award from the Hindu American Foundation, and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras. He is widely described as a "renaissance personality" for his seamless integration of composition, scholarship, and cultural leadership. He has taught Indian music theory and history at the University of Cincinnati, and currently serves on the faculty of the Hindu University of America, offering courses on Hindu temples, traditions, and Shastriya Sangeet. With this book, Kanniks honors Muthusvami Dikshitar's 250th birth anniversary-not only as a scholar and musician, but as a lifelong devotee of the Master.

Preface Indian Art Music or Shastriya Sangit is an ancient and diverse art form that has constantly evolved and expanded over time. The Art Music of Northern India is referred to broadly as Hindustani music and that of Southern India is Karnatic music. Many concerts of the Southern Karnatic music tradition prominently feature on stage, a portrait of a set of three revered Vaggeyakaras or composers as an iconic representation of the music form. These three composers, Syama Sastri, Tyagaraja and Muthusvami Dikshitar, are the greatest contributors to current era Karnatic music. They were contemporaries born in the temple town of Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu. Tyagaraja (1767-1847), the best known of the three, literally represents the soul of a 'Kacheri' or a performance of Karnatic music. With a legacy of over 700 compositions with expansive melodies and moving lyrics in the Telugu language, Tyagaraja has traditionally dominated the concert fare in Southern India'. Such is his popularity that his samadhi on the banks of the river Kaveri witnesses the annual congregation of hundreds of musician devotees on his death anniversary (Pushya Bahula Panchami-the fifth day of the waning moon in the lunar month of Pushya) to sing his music in unison.

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