What is the Mudra of Swathi Thirunal?

Swathi Thirunal was deeply interested in music right from childhood. Besides being an able ruler, he was a patron of music and was a musician himself. His mudra in compositions are Padmanabha, Sarasijanabha etc. and its synonyms.

Who taught Swathi Thirunal Sanskrit?

Svāti Tirunāḷ‍ took over the reins of Travancore from his aunt, Gowri Parvati Bayi (she was the Regent for Svāti Tirunāḷ‍ in his boyhood) at the age of sixteen. He appointed his tutor, Sri Subba Rao, as the Prime Minister (Diwan).

Which was the most popular genre of music during Swathi Thirunal?

Former ruler of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom, Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma is credited with popularising Carnatic music or the “modern south Indian music” in Kerala. He penned several keerthanas and ragamalikas in the Carnatic genre.

How did Swathi Thirunal died?

Hemorrhagic strokeSwathi Thirunal Rama Varma / Cause of deathIntracerebral hemorrhage, also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stroke. Wikipedia

Who is the current Prince of Travancore?

Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma (born 1949) is the current titular Maharajah of Travancore.

Who is the contemporary musician of Swathi Thirunal?

Shungoony Menon, a contemporary of Swati Tirunal, gives an elaborate description of Swati Tirunal as a child. “By the time His Highness attained his majority, he had completed his education and become a perfect master of Sanskrit, English, Persian, Hindustani, Maharatti, Telugu, Canarese, Tamil and Malayalam.”

Who is the richest king of India?

But which of these kings was the richest of them all? The answer is Mir Osman Ali Khan, the Nizam who ruled Hyderabad for 37 years from 1911 to 1948.