“A Visionary For All Ages: Why Dikshitar Resonates In 2025”, Swarajya, November 30, 2025
“The year 2025 offers us an opportunity to reflect on the profound legacy of Muthusvami Dikshitar. This towering figure of Indian Art Music, whose 250th birth anniversary we celebrate this year, offers not merely a historical curiosity but a powerful paradigm of innovation, intellectual depth, and cultural documentation that speaks directly to our contemporary world.
While his contemporaries, such as the widely celebrated Tyagaraja, enjoy broad recognition, Dikshitar’s genius, though perhaps less universally known outside of Karnatic music circles, presents a wealth of insights.
Born in 1775, his life spanned the era of early British colonization; through his composing years from roughly 1800-1835 he documented the temple heritage of Tamilnadu through his multimedia creations that seamlessly integrated music, prosody, and storytelling……”
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