Carnatic music in Kerala

Carnatic music is the music of South India. It began during the time of Purandaradasan, who lived in the 16th century. Carnatic music originated in the paths where devotion and music flowed together. For teachers like Purandaradasan, devotion, music and life were one and the same. Their worship of the nadopasana, forgetting everything, led to the growth of Carnatic music. Like a South Indian river, it flowed through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and reached Kerala. It was during the time of Swathi Thirunal, the Maharaja of Travancore, that modern South Indian music, known as Carnatic music, began to spread in Kerala. Carnatic music brought to Kerala not only the sweetness of music. It gave us history, culture, a sense of beauty and many other things. Iraimman Thampi, Shadkaala Govinda Marar and Paramasivam Bhagavathar were the main musicians in Swathi Thirunal's audience. Prominent contributors to Carnatic music include Chembai Vaidyanath Bhagavathar, K.C. Kesava Pillai, T.V. Gopala Krishnan, Dr. Omanakutty, Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma, Kuttikunju Thankachi, Attur Krishna Pisharody, Parassala B. Ponnammal, and Neyyattinkara Vasudevan.