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THYAGARAJA |
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| At that time an old
man sitting in the crowd shouted "Even the sruti on the Tambura is jarring! How can a
man who has no ear for sruti compose good songs?" Everyone was aghast. Thyagaraja too was perplexed. He took the Tambura and carefully examined the sruti. He found it flawless. Yet he said to the old man humbly: "Sir, I find the sruti all right, would you kindly correct it yourself?". The old man came forward, took on the Tambura and started fingering the strings. Oh! the effect was miraculous. Everyone was so bewitched by hearing it, that they completely lost consciousness. When the sruti stopped they woke up, but the old man was nowhere to be seen!. |
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