The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Saiva Tirumurais democratised Tamil literature, says Nirmala Sitharaman
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The Hindu Bureau
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman praised the Saiva Tirumurais for democratizing Tamil literature and preserving ancient musical traditions. Speaking at a festival in Chennai, she noted that these scriptures helped common people engage with devotional literature and influenced modern Carnatic music.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Saiva Tirumurais played a pivotal role in enabling ordinary people to understand and sing devotional Tamil literature. She also highlighted that many classical ragas performed on Carnatic music stages today originated from the panns of the Tirumurais .
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