Tamil Isai Sangam
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Tamil Isai Sangam is a music association started to promote pure form of ancient Tamil music popularly known as the Tamil Isai throughout Tamil Nadu. The current president of the association is Judge P.R.Gopalakrishnan. The main premises are located in Chennai
city.
Sir Annamalai Chettiar, designed to promote Tamil music. Since the 1940s, the association has supported a college, the Tamil Isai Sangam College, for the instruction of Tamil music.
Every month, the association has hosted a musical festival promoting the understnading of Tamil music. The association has heavily attempted to increase aware of pure Tamil Music(Tamil Isai), that have been declining in popularity in modern India. During the music festival, Tamil Isai Sangam rewards prominent classical artists for their craft. The 11th President of India
, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, once sung at the festival with a song he composed himself, to the surprise of the media. As the festival is popular in India, Kalam later explained he was using it as a venue promote the inclusion of music in the school curriculum.
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
city.
History
It was founded in 1943 by RajaRaja
Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...
Sir Annamalai Chettiar, designed to promote Tamil music. Since the 1940s, the association has supported a college, the Tamil Isai Sangam College, for the instruction of Tamil music.
Every month, the association has hosted a musical festival promoting the understnading of Tamil music. The association has heavily attempted to increase aware of pure Tamil Music(Tamil Isai), that have been declining in popularity in modern India. During the music festival, Tamil Isai Sangam rewards prominent classical artists for their craft. The 11th President of India
President of India
The President of India is the head of state and first citizen of India, as well as the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces. President of India is also the formal head of all the three branches of Indian Democracy - Legislature, Executive and Judiciary...
, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, once sung at the festival with a song he composed himself, to the surprise of the media. As the festival is popular in India, Kalam later explained he was using it as a venue promote the inclusion of music in the school curriculum.