AIR music festival in Madurai on Tuesday

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It is narrated in legend that Madurai was originally a forest known as Kadambavanam. One day, a farmer named Dhananjaya who was passing through the forest, saw Indra (The king of the gods), worshipping a swayambhu (self created Lingam ) under kadamba tree. Dhananjaya, the farmer immediately reported this to King Kulasekara Pandya. Kulasekara Pandya cleared the forest and built a temple around the Lingam. A city was soon planned with the temple as its centre. On the day the city was to be named, Lord Shiva is said to have appeared and drops of nectar from his hair fell on the town. So, the place was named Madurai - mathuram meaning "sweetness" in Tamil.

Written By Unknown on Monday, 22 July 2013 | 21:53

AIR MUSIC FESTIVAL TODAY

All India Radio Madurai is hosting the regional folk and light music festival for the first time on July 23, Tuesday.

The festival is being held at various centres in the country including Madurai.

Regional folk and light music festival here includes devotional songs by N.Swaminathan and party, light music by T.K.Jayaraman and party, rare folk art form of ‘villupattu’ by N.Rajalakshmi and party, according to a press release here on Monday.

The venue of the programme is Lakshmi Sundaram Hall in Tallakulam and it commences at 6 p.m. Somasundaramoorthy, AIR Madurai Programme Head, has said that the music festival will be broadcast at 10 p.m. on September 9.

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AIR music festival in Madurai on Tuesday

Written By Unknown on Monday, 22 July 2013 | 21:53

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