The Rudrapatna Sangeetotsava Samiti Trust with Padmanabha as its managing trustee, has also built a unique temple resembling a tamboori, a musical instrument. Called the Sapta Swara Devatha Dyana Mandira, it was inaugurated in 2008 and houses six idols of Kanakadasa, Purandaradasa, Vadiraja, Thyagaraja, Muttuswami Dixit and Shyama Shastry, who have all contributed immensely to Carnatic music. In the midst of these great musicians is ensconced the idol of Goddess Saraswathi, the goddess of learning. Visitors to the Mandir, almost always do some meditation after a stroll in its gardens developed at a cost of 15 lakh. With music having neither any language nor other divisions, Saptha Swara Dyana Mandir is open to people of all castes and religions. The main road of the village laid with concrete, called Saptha Swara Patha, that leads to the mandir, has interesting bits of information on musicians of Rudrapatna told on signages on either side of it. And each of the 72 saplings planted on either side of the path, is named after major ragas of Carnatic music like Hema Vathi, Kanakangi, Kalyani and Dharma Vathi. While Rudrapatna is no longer a centre for Vedic education like it was in the past, you still see a handful of students from neighbouring villages attend Vedic classes conducted by scholar Keshava Prasad here. But it's not just musicians, who have brought fame to the village, going by a book Samskruthika Grama Rudrapatna (A Cultural Village Rudrapatna) authored by R.S. Bhaskar Avadhani, who hails from it. He mentions Sanskrit scholar, Rudrapatna Shama Shastri, who translated Chanakya's Arthashashtra written in Pali language into Latin, English, and German and other world languages, engineer R.T. Ramachandra, who constructed a railway and road bridge to connect mainland Ernakulam to Cochin, an island, in Kerala about 120 years ago, R Venkatram, the Editor of Bombay Chronicle a century ago, who was also instrumental in launching the Central India Chronicle from Indore and Rudrapatna Alur Subbrao , a freelance journalist who was secretary to Subhash Chandra Bose among those who have brought it fame. Currently, 480 families with their roots in Rudrapatna have settled in the US and about 40 families in Australia, the book reveals, besides naming several others, including a NASA scientist, who have served with distinction in various fields, including the Indian Army and the Air Force. With the village once again gaining recognition thanks to the book, the state government has come forward to build a yatri nivas here for tourists visiting the place.
Speciality: Classical
Tag: Performing Art
Listing Type: Sabha