On the last day of Nadhaswara Thavilisai Festival – 2017 organised by Brahma Gana Sabha, a brief, dignified and elegant function was organised by the family members of Nadhaswara Chakravarthy Dr. Thiruvengadu Subramania Pillai to felicitate two well known Nadhaswara Vidhwans, namely, Thiruvidaimarudhur PSV Raja and Thirunangur Senthil Nathan. Thiru TPS Sundaranathan, the second son of Nadhaswara Chakravarthy Dr. Thiruvengadu SubramaniaPillai welcomed the gathering.
As per the wishes and blessings of the eldest son of Dr. T. P. Subramania Pillai, Thiru TPS Selvarathnam and her beloved father, Dr. Kalarani Manoharan and her husband, S. Manoharan IAS (Retd.) presented a memento and a cash award of Rs. 25000/- each to the Nadhaswara Vidhwans respectively in honour of their steadfast expertise and contribution to the Nadhaswaram music traditions in their own way.
Dr Nalli Kuppusami Chettiar gave the Presidential address. On the occasion, www.magudi.in, a Website for Dr Tiruvengadu Subramania Pillai was also launched by Thiru K.S. Sripathi, IAS (Retd), former Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu and former Chief Information Commissioner.
Thiru TPS Sivakumar, the youngest son of Dr Tiruvengadu Subramania Pillai, had been collecting information about his father’s important kutcheries, tours, photographs, other newspaper publications etc., and preserved the same in manuscript for the past fifty odd years. There was a long felt need and wishes of the family members to have a website and these manuscripts paved the way for creation of this website with an objective to digitize the life history of Dr Tiruvengadu Subramania Pillai for posterity.
