Dikshitar ArAdana

While in his teens, his father sent him on a pilgrimage with Chidambaranatha Yogi, a wandering monk.

During their stay at Varanasi, the yogi presented him with a unique veena and asked him to visit the Tiruttani temple, in Tamil Nadu.

When Dikshitar was in depths of meditation at Tiruttani, an old man appeared, dropped a sugar candy in his mouth.

Dikshitar then had a vision of Skanda, the deity enshrined on Tiruttani hill - and he broke into his first composition 'Shri Nathadi Guruguho'.

On Deepavali day in 1835, Dikshitar asked his students to sing the song 'Minakshi memudham'. 
As they sang, he raised his hand, uttered 'Shive Pahi' and died.

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