Ilaiyaraaja on Tamil Nadu temple controversy: Won't compromise my self-respect
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Ilaiyaraaja on Tamil Nadu temple controversy: Won't compromise my self-respect

India Today  

Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja has opened up about the controversy surrounding his visit to Tamil Nadu's Srivilliputhur Aandal temple. It was being said that the musician was asked to step out of the temple's sacred chamber by the temple authorities when he visited on Sunday evening. The maestro wrote in Tamil, "Some people are spreading false rumours centred around me. Here is the post: Ilaiyaraaja was accompanied by Sadagopa Ramanuja Iyer and Sadagopa Ramanuja Jeeyar of the Sri Andal Jeeyar Mutt in Srivilliputtur in the traditional white umbrella process.

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Ilaiyaraaja breaks silence on Tamil Nadu temple controversy: ‘I will not compromise my self-respect at any place'
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Ilaiyaraaja breaks silence on Tamil Nadu temple controversy: ‘I will not compromise my self-respect at any place'

Hindustan Times  

Renowned music composer Ilaiyaraaja recently visited the Srivilliputhur Andal Temple in Tamil Nadu. Ilaiyaraaja reacts to controversy surrounding his visit to Tamil Nadu's Srivilliputhur Aandal temple. Ilaiyaraaja slams false rumours surrounding his visit to Tamil Nadu temple. What temple authorities said A senior Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department official told The Indian Express, “At the Andal Sannidhi, devotees typically …

Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja asked to step out of temple sacred chamber
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja asked to step out of temple sacred chamber

India Today  

Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja, who visited the Srivilliputhur Aandal temple in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district on Sunday evening, was asked to step out of the temple's sacred chamber by the temple authorities. They proceeded into the garbhagriha or the temple’s sacred chamber where the deity is kept, when he was stopped and asked to step out. Srivilliputhur Aandal temple is one …

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The Quint  

Ilaiyaraaja, Ragadevan to many, but revered as Isaignani by almost every music lover in the South India was born in a Dalit family in Tamil Nadu's Theni district. Despite his humble background and the politics of dominant caste driven music industry, Ilaiyaraaja made himself a career based purely on talent. While, the Periyar-Ambedkarite thinkers are miffed with his unwillingness to …

Explained | How Ilaiyaraaja's Comparison Of PM Modi To Ambedkar Created A Political Storm In TN
2 years, 8 months ago

Explained | How Ilaiyaraaja's Comparison Of PM Modi To Ambedkar Created A Political Storm In TN

ABP News  

Chennai: Music maestro Ilaiyaraaja has been ruling the Kollywood music space for over half a century now. In the foreword for 'Ambedkar & Modi, Reformer's Ideas, Performer's Implementation' by Bluekraft Digital Foundation, Ilaiyaraaja praised PM Modi and said BR Ambedkar would have been proud of PM's works if he were alive. How the controversy started On the birth anniversary of …

Ilaiyaraaja blasts security guard, humiliates him for getting on stage at concert. Watch video
5 years, 7 months ago

Ilaiyaraaja blasts security guard, humiliates him for getting on stage at concert. Watch video

India Today  

Ilaiyaraaja is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. From SP Balasubrahmanyam to Yesudas, many singers took part in the grand event and sang some of Ilaiyaraaja's classics. During the course of the event, Ilaiyaraaja lashed out at a security guard, who entered the stage to serve water to musicians. Ilaiyaraaja then turned toward the crowd and spoke harshly about …

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