Personalities Meruswami |
The most exalted musical personal in Swati Tirunal’s court was Meruswami. He was cultivating music as a form of yoga and was well versed in Hindusthani and Karnatic music in theory and practice. His high pitched voice and capacity to effortlessly traverse the three registers of the gamnut, earned him the name kokilakantha (the cuckoo-voiced). He was a pioneer in popularising the musical discourse commonly known as ‘Harikathakalakshepam’, music –religious entertainment which originated in Maharashtra. He held a position of great esteem in the court of king Serfoji at |
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important matter which deserves to be particularly noted with regard
to Meruswami is that not only was he a guru of Swathi Tirunal, but
he came to be considered as a ‘kulaguru’ a guru of the
Travancore royal family for all time. He became intimately and permanently
associated with the Travancore royal house as a spiritual preceptor.
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