Trichy had been a center for lot of things from the past history.
Starting from olden history dating from Pandya Kingdom, Vijayanagara Kingdom, Nayak Dynasty, British rule and till today among southern districts.
Thirumalai Nayak had a great dream for Trichy and he had lot of interest in arts.
There are short stories explaining Nayak's interest and dedication to art works in Trichy. Hence the temple in and around Trichy!! history
Trichy is amazing in terms of the core city architecture, temple architecture, people, lifestyle, food etc.,
Even today, for any southern Tamil Nadu districts center, Trichy is chosen! Trichy has the flavor of history still and that is the significance of Trichy.
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Friday, April 4, 2008
Trichy family from Jothimanickam Village finds the root 70000 years back
A 30-year-old systems administrator Virumandi Andithevar hailing from a sleepy village close to Trichy in Tamil Nadu has been identified as one of the direct descendants of the first ever settlers in India, who had migrated from the African coast some 70,000 years ago.
Dr Pitchappan, who heads the School of Biological Sciences at Trichy Kamaraj University is lead scientist for this 'Genographic Project'. He leads 10 scientists for this project.
Virumandi Andithevar is being presented before the media by the Discovery Channel in Chennai on Friday during the national launch of its serial The Story of India.
Read more in Asian Age
Dr Pitchappan, who heads the School of Biological Sciences at Trichy Kamaraj University is lead scientist for this 'Genographic Project'. He leads 10 scientists for this project.
Virumandi Andithevar is being presented before the media by the Discovery Channel in Chennai on Friday during the national launch of its serial The Story of India.
Read more in Asian Age
Monday, March 31, 2008
Trichy Mani Iyer - Carnatic Music Singer from Trichy
Trichy Mani Iyer (1912-1968) was a famous Carnatic music singer, who was famous for his unique style. He was one of the celebrated carnatic vocalists during the first half of the 20th century.
Trichy Mani Iyer, whose original name was Subramanian was born to Sri Ramaswamy Iyer and Smt.Subbulakshmi in Trichy on October 25, 1912. His father Sri.M.S.Ramaswami Iyer, a Sub-court Clerk, was the brother of the famous Vidwan Pushpavanam, who was a great classical musician himself.
Mani Iyer's tutelage in music started at the tender age of nine. His first guru was Sri Rajam Bhagavathar who was Disciple of Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagavathar.
Trichy Mani Iyer, whose original name was Subramanian was born to Sri Ramaswamy Iyer and Smt.Subbulakshmi in Trichy on October 25, 1912. His father Sri.M.S.Ramaswami Iyer, a Sub-court Clerk, was the brother of the famous Vidwan Pushpavanam, who was a great classical musician himself.
Mani Iyer's tutelage in music started at the tender age of nine. His first guru was Sri Rajam Bhagavathar who was Disciple of Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagavathar.
MS Subbulakshmi from Trichy - Trichy Carnatic Vocalist
Trichy Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (Maturai Cha?mukava?ivu Chuppula?chumi), popularly known as M.S. or M.S.S.) (September 16, 1916 - December 11, 2004) was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor.
M.S.Subbulakhsmi was born to Shanmukhavadivu (Veena Vidwan) and Subramaniya Iyer on 16 Sep,1916 in a musical family, in the temple town of Trichy situated in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. M.S. started learning Carnatic music from a very early age and released her first recording at the age of 10. She then began her Carnatic classical music training under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and then Hindustani classical training under Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas. Her first public performance was during the Mahamaham festival at Kumbakonam. Then, she performed countless musical forms in different languages such as Hindi, Bengali , Gujarati , Marathi, Tamil , Malayalam, Telugu , Sanskrit and Kannada.
M.S. met T.Sadasivam|Sadasivam, a freedom fighter, and a follower of Rajaji, in 1936. She married him in 1940 and their marriage spanned over 50 years. They had no children. Sadasivam had children from his previous marriage that M.S. treated as if they were her own children. They were named Radha, Vijaya. M.S and Sadasivam also raised Radha who frequently sang with M.S. in concert while Vijaya played the Tanpura.
Subbulakshmi had participated in music concerts all over the world,but her participation in the concerts at New York in 1970,London in 1982 and Moscow in 1987 had a special significance in her life.17 January,2001 was a very important day in karnatak classical music when M.S.Subbulakshmi was given a national award by Ramaseva Mandal in bangaluru.She was the first woman who recived this prestigious award
Read more here in wikipedia
M.S.Subbulakhsmi was born to Shanmukhavadivu (Veena Vidwan) and Subramaniya Iyer on 16 Sep,1916 in a musical family, in the temple town of Trichy situated in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India. M.S. started learning Carnatic music from a very early age and released her first recording at the age of 10. She then began her Carnatic classical music training under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and then Hindustani classical training under Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas. Her first public performance was during the Mahamaham festival at Kumbakonam. Then, she performed countless musical forms in different languages such as Hindi, Bengali , Gujarati , Marathi, Tamil , Malayalam, Telugu , Sanskrit and Kannada.
M.S. met T.Sadasivam|Sadasivam, a freedom fighter, and a follower of Rajaji, in 1936. She married him in 1940 and their marriage spanned over 50 years. They had no children. Sadasivam had children from his previous marriage that M.S. treated as if they were her own children. They were named Radha, Vijaya. M.S and Sadasivam also raised Radha who frequently sang with M.S. in concert while Vijaya played the Tanpura.
Subbulakshmi had participated in music concerts all over the world,but her participation in the concerts at New York in 1970,London in 1982 and Moscow in 1987 had a special significance in her life.17 January,2001 was a very important day in karnatak classical music when M.S.Subbulakshmi was given a national award by Ramaseva Mandal in bangaluru.She was the first woman who recived this prestigious award
Read more here in wikipedia
Rani (Queen) Mangammal from Trichy
The history of Trichy will not be complete without mentioning the name of Rani Mangammal, the woman of great skill and sagacity. History does not provide many instances of ruling queens in Tamil Nadu. Though it was considered that women were not suited to succeed the throne of a kingdom, Rani Mangammmal, however shines in almost solitary eminence as an able and powerful ruler in Tamil Nadu.
Rani Mangammal (1689—1704) was a queen regent on behalf of her grandson, in the Trichy Nayak kingdom in present day Tamil Nadu, India, towards the end of the century. She was a popular administrator and is still widely remembered as a maker of roads and avenues, and a builder of temples, tanks and choultries with many of her public works still in use. She is also known for her diplomatic and political skills and successful military campaigns. The capital of Trichy Kingdom during her times was Tiruchirapalli.
Read more here in wikipedia
Rani Mangammal (1689—1704) was a queen regent on behalf of her grandson, in the Trichy Nayak kingdom in present day Tamil Nadu, India, towards the end of the century. She was a popular administrator and is still widely remembered as a maker of roads and avenues, and a builder of temples, tanks and choultries with many of her public works still in use. She is also known for her diplomatic and political skills and successful military campaigns. The capital of Trichy Kingdom during her times was Tiruchirapalli.
Read more here in wikipedia
History of Trichy in short
History of Trichy in a gist
Trichy is one of the oldest cities of India, with a history dating all the way back to the Sangam period of the pre-Christian era. The glory of Trichy returned in a diminished form in the earlier part of this millennium; it later on came under the rule of the Vijayanagar kingdom after being ransacked by the ravaging armies of Delhi (Malik Kafur). During the 16th and 18th centuries, Trichy was ruled by the Nayak Emperors, the foremost of whom was Tirumalai Nayakar. The Sangam period poet Nakkeerar is associated with some of the Tiruvilayaadal episodes of Sundareswarar - that are enacted as a part of temple festival traditions even today.
The Sangam age or the Golden age of Tamil literature – produced masterpieces way back in the pre-Christian era and in early 1st Millennium Trichy was the seat of the Tamil Sangam or Academy of learning. The entire city of Trichy, is built around the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple – the temple par excellence. Concentric rectangular streets surround the temple, symbolizing the structure of the cosmos.
As early as the 3rd century BC, Megasthanes visited Trichy. Later many people from Rome and Greece visited Trichy and established trade with the Pandya kings. Trichy flourished until the 10th century AD when it was captured by Cholas, the archrivals of the Pandyas.
The Cholas ruled Trichy from 920 AD till the beginning of the 13th century. In 1223 AD Pandyas regained their kingdom and once again become prosperous. Pandian Kings patronised Tamil language in a great way. During their period, many masterpieces were created. "Silapathikaram", the great epic in Tamil was written based on the story of Kannagi who burnt Trichy as a result of the injustice caused to her husband Kovalan. In April 1311, Malik Kafur, the general of Alauddin Khilji who was then the ruler of Delhi, reached Trichy and raided and robbed the city for precious stones, jewels, and other rare treasures. This led to the subsequent raids by other Muslim Sultans. In 1323, the Pandya kingdom including Trichy became a province of the Delhi Empire, under the Tughlaks.
The 1371, the Vijayanagar dynasty of Hampi captured Trichy and it became part of the Vijayanagar empire. Kings of this dynasty were in habit of leaving the captured land to governors called Nayaks. This was done for the efficient management of their empire. The Nayaks paid fixed amount annually to the Vijayanagar Empire. After the death of Krishna Deva Raya (King of Vijayanagar empire) in 1530 AD, the Nayaks became independent and ruled the territories under their control. Among Nayaks, Thirumalai Nayak (1623-1659) was very popular, even now he is popular among people, since, it was he who contributed to the creation of many magnificent structures in and around Trichy. The Raja Gopuram of the Meenakshi Amman Temple, The Pudu Mandapam and The Thirumalai Nayakar's Palace are living monuments to his artistic fervor.
Trichy started slipping into the hands of the British's East India Company. In 1781, British appointed their representatives to look after Trichy. George Procter was the first collector of Trichy.
Now after India's independence, Trichy is one of the major districts of Tamilnadu State. Later on Trichy district was bifurcated into two districts namely Trichy and Dindugul Districts. In Trichy District, there are 15 state assembly constituencies and two parliament constituencies.
Trichy is one of the oldest cities of India, with a history dating all the way back to the Sangam period of the pre-Christian era. The glory of Trichy returned in a diminished form in the earlier part of this millennium; it later on came under the rule of the Vijayanagar kingdom after being ransacked by the ravaging armies of Delhi (Malik Kafur). During the 16th and 18th centuries, Trichy was ruled by the Nayak Emperors, the foremost of whom was Tirumalai Nayakar. The Sangam period poet Nakkeerar is associated with some of the Tiruvilayaadal episodes of Sundareswarar - that are enacted as a part of temple festival traditions even today.
The Sangam age or the Golden age of Tamil literature – produced masterpieces way back in the pre-Christian era and in early 1st Millennium Trichy was the seat of the Tamil Sangam or Academy of learning. The entire city of Trichy, is built around the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple – the temple par excellence. Concentric rectangular streets surround the temple, symbolizing the structure of the cosmos.
As early as the 3rd century BC, Megasthanes visited Trichy. Later many people from Rome and Greece visited Trichy and established trade with the Pandya kings. Trichy flourished until the 10th century AD when it was captured by Cholas, the archrivals of the Pandyas.
The Cholas ruled Trichy from 920 AD till the beginning of the 13th century. In 1223 AD Pandyas regained their kingdom and once again become prosperous. Pandian Kings patronised Tamil language in a great way. During their period, many masterpieces were created. "Silapathikaram", the great epic in Tamil was written based on the story of Kannagi who burnt Trichy as a result of the injustice caused to her husband Kovalan. In April 1311, Malik Kafur, the general of Alauddin Khilji who was then the ruler of Delhi, reached Trichy and raided and robbed the city for precious stones, jewels, and other rare treasures. This led to the subsequent raids by other Muslim Sultans. In 1323, the Pandya kingdom including Trichy became a province of the Delhi Empire, under the Tughlaks.
The 1371, the Vijayanagar dynasty of Hampi captured Trichy and it became part of the Vijayanagar empire. Kings of this dynasty were in habit of leaving the captured land to governors called Nayaks. This was done for the efficient management of their empire. The Nayaks paid fixed amount annually to the Vijayanagar Empire. After the death of Krishna Deva Raya (King of Vijayanagar empire) in 1530 AD, the Nayaks became independent and ruled the territories under their control. Among Nayaks, Thirumalai Nayak (1623-1659) was very popular, even now he is popular among people, since, it was he who contributed to the creation of many magnificent structures in and around Trichy. The Raja Gopuram of the Meenakshi Amman Temple, The Pudu Mandapam and The Thirumalai Nayakar's Palace are living monuments to his artistic fervor.
Trichy started slipping into the hands of the British's East India Company. In 1781, British appointed their representatives to look after Trichy. George Procter was the first collector of Trichy.
Now after India's independence, Trichy is one of the major districts of Tamilnadu State. Later on Trichy district was bifurcated into two districts namely Trichy and Dindugul Districts. In Trichy District, there are 15 state assembly constituencies and two parliament constituencies.
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