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	'''P. R. Thilagam''', popularly known as '''Thiruvarur Thilagam''', is an Indian composer, vocalist and exponent of ''Kuravanji'', a traditional form of dance drama popular in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre">{{cite book \| url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0694 \| title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre \| publisher=Oxford University Press \| ~~author~~=Ananda Lal ~~(Ed.)~~ \| year=2004 \| isbn=9780195644463}}</ref><ref name="The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India">{{cite book \| url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195650983.001.0001/acref-9780195650983-e-4979 \| title=The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India \| publisher=Oxford University Press \| author=Saṅgīt Mahābhāratī \| year=2011 \| isbn=9780195650983}}</ref> She hails from ''Kondi parampara'' (Kondi heritage) of the Isai Vellalar community, a sect of women dedicated to the worship at [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur]].<ref name="Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo81ouc5OgQC&q=P.R.+Thilagam&pg=PA247 \| title=Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India \| publisher=University of Chicago Press \| author=Davesh Soneji \| year=2012 \| pages=313 \| isbn=9780226768090}}</ref><ref name="Before the music stopped ">{{cite web \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/12/13/stories/2001121301190200.htm \| title=Before the music stopped \| date=13 December 2001 \| newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \| access-date=18 January 2016}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>		'''P. R. Thilagam''', popularly known as '''Thiruvarur Thilagam''', is an Indian composer, vocalist and exponent of ''Kuravanji'', a traditional form of dance drama popular in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre">{{cite book \| url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0694 \| title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre \| publisher=Oxford University Press \| editor=Ananda Lal \| year=2004 \| isbn=9780195644463}}</ref><ref name="The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India">{{cite book \| url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195650983.001.0001/acref-9780195650983-e-4979 \| title=The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India \| publisher=Oxford University Press \| author=Saṅgīt Mahābhāratī \| year=2011 \| isbn=9780195650983}}</ref> She hails from ''Kondi parampara'' (Kondi heritage) of the Isai Vellalar community, a sect of women dedicated to the worship at [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur]].<ref name="Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo81ouc5OgQC&q=P.R.+Thilagam&pg=PA247 \| title=Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India \| publisher=University of Chicago Press \| author=Davesh Soneji \| year=2012 \| pages=313 \| isbn=9780226768090}}</ref><ref name="Before the music stopped ">{{cite web \| url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/12/13/stories/2001121301190200.htm \| title=Before the music stopped \| date=13 December 2001 \| newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \| access-date=18 January 2016}}{{dead link\|date=April 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref>

	Thilagam was born in 1926 at [[Thiruvarur]], a town in [[Tamil Nadu]] famous for the [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur\|Thyagaraja Temple]], as one of the last among the ''Kondi Devadasis'', in a family of dancers.<ref name="Padma Shri Awardees for Arts">{{cite web \| url=http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/news/general/1056-padma-shri-awardees-2007 \| title=Padma Shri Awardees for Arts \| publisher=Kutcheri Buzz \| date=28 January 2007 \| access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> Learning Kuravanji from her grandmother, Kamalambal, who was a notable performer of the dance drama,<ref name="Major IGNCA Documentation">{{cite web \| url=http://ignca.nic.in/fdc_body.htm \| title=Major IGNCA Documentation \| publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts \| date=2016 \| access-date=18 January 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917033345/http://ignca.nic.in/fdc_body.htm \| archive-date=17 September 2008 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> she started public performances and has performed on many stages in India and abroad.<ref name="Kalakshetra Annual Art Festival">{{cite web \| url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/Kalakshetra%20fest-%2021-31%20dec%2010.pdf \| title=Kalakshetra Annual Art Festival \| publisher=Ragashankara \| date=2016 \| access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> She is a recipient of the 1997 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].<ref name="Overview in Oxford Index">{{cite web \| url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803103928327 \| title=Overview in Oxford Index \| publisher=Oxford University Press \| date=2016 \| access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="SNA Awardees">{{cite web \| url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#OtherMajorTraditionsofDanceandDanceTheatre \| title=SNA Awardees \| publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi \| date=2016 \| access-date=18 January 2016 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#OtherMajorTraditionsofDanceandDanceTheatre \| archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for her contributions to Arts.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2016 \| access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> Her performance has been video-documented by the [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA)<ref name="Major IGNCA Documentation" /> while her life story is the main feature of a journal, ''Madras Season: Its Genesis'', published by ''Sruti'', a magazine dedicated for performing arts.<ref name="Madras Season: Its Genesis">{{cite web \| url=http://www.sruti.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=226 \| title=Madras Season: Its Genesis \| publisher=Sruti \| date=December 2005 \| access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>		Thilagam was born in 1926 at [[Thiruvarur]], a town in [[Tamil Nadu]] famous for the [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur\|Thyagaraja Temple]], as one of the last among the ''Kondi Devadasis'', in a family of dancers.<ref name="Padma Shri Awardees for Arts">{{cite web \| url=http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/news/general/1056-padma-shri-awardees-2007 \| title=Padma Shri Awardees for Arts \| publisher=Kutcheri Buzz \| date=28 January 2007 \| access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> Learning Kuravanji from her grandmother, Kamalambal, who was a notable performer of the dance drama,<ref name="Major IGNCA Documentation">{{cite web \| url=http://ignca.nic.in/fdc_body.htm \| title=Major IGNCA Documentation \| publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts \| date=2016 \| access-date=18 January 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917033345/http://ignca.nic.in/fdc_body.htm \| archive-date=17 September 2008 \| url-status=dead }}</ref> she started public performances and has performed on many stages in India and abroad.<ref name="Kalakshetra Annual Art Festival">{{cite web \| url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/Kalakshetra%20fest-%2021-31%20dec%2010.pdf \| title=Kalakshetra Annual Art Festival \| publisher=Ragashankara \| date=2016 \| access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> She is a recipient of the 1997 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].<ref name="Overview in Oxford Index">{{cite web \| url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803103928327 \| title=Overview in Oxford Index \| publisher=Oxford University Press \| date=2016 \| access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="SNA Awardees">{{cite web \| url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#OtherMajorTraditionsofDanceandDanceTheatre \| title=SNA Awardees \| publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi \| date=2016 \| access-date=18 January 2016 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#OtherMajorTraditionsofDanceandDanceTheatre \| archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for her contributions to Arts.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2016 \| access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> Her performance has been video-documented by the [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA)<ref name="Major IGNCA Documentation" /> while her life story is the main feature of a journal, ''Madras Season: Its Genesis'', published by ''Sruti'', a magazine dedicated for performing arts.<ref name="Madras Season: Its Genesis">{{cite web \| url=http://www.sruti.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=226 \| title=Madras Season: Its Genesis \| publisher=Sruti \| date=December 2005 \| access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

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'''P. R. Thilagam''', popularly known as '''Thiruvarur Thilagam''', is an Indian composer, vocalist and exponent of ''Kuravanji'', a traditional form of dance drama popular in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre">{{cite book | url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195644463.001.0001/acref-9780195644463-e-0694 | title=The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Ananda Lal (Ed.) | year=2004 | isbn=9780195644463}}</ref><ref name="The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India">{{cite book | url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195650983.001.0001/acref-9780195650983-e-4979 | title=The Oxford Encyclopaedia of the Music of India | publisher=Oxford University Press | author=Saṅgīt Mahābhāratī | year=2011 | isbn=9780195650983}}</ref> She hails from ''Kondi parampara'' (Kondi heritage) of the Isai Vellalar community, a sect of women dedicated to the worship at [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur]].<ref name="Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo81ouc5OgQC&q=P.R.+Thilagam&pg=PA247 | title=Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India | publisher=University of Chicago Press | author=Davesh Soneji | year=2012 | pages=313 | isbn=9780226768090}}</ref><ref name="Before the music stopped ">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/12/13/stories/2001121301190200.htm | title=Before the music stopped | date=13 December 2001 | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=18 January 2016}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Thilagam was born in 1926 at [[Thiruvarur]], a town in [[Tamil Nadu]] famous for the [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur|Thyagaraja Temple]], as one of the last among the ''Kondi Devadasis'', in a family of dancers.<ref name="Padma Shri Awardees for Arts">{{cite web | url=http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/news/general/1056-padma-shri-awardees-2007 | title=Padma Shri Awardees for Arts | publisher=Kutcheri Buzz | date=28 January 2007 | access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> Learning Kuravanji from her grandmother, Kamalambal, who was a notable performer of the dance drama,<ref name="Major IGNCA Documentation">{{cite web | url=http://ignca.nic.in/fdc_body.htm | title=Major IGNCA Documentation | publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts | date=2016 | access-date=18 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917033345/http://ignca.nic.in/fdc_body.htm | archive-date=17 September 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> she started public performances and has performed on many stages in India and abroad.<ref name="Kalakshetra Annual Art Festival">{{cite web | url=http://www.rangashankara.org/home/rangatest/Kalakshetra%20fest-%2021-31%20dec%2010.pdf | title=Kalakshetra Annual Art Festival | publisher=Ragashankara | date=2016 | access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> She is a recipient of the 1997 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].<ref name="Overview in Oxford Index">{{cite web | url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803103928327 | title=Overview in Oxford Index | publisher=Oxford University Press | date=2016 | access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="SNA Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#OtherMajorTraditionsofDanceandDanceTheatre | title=SNA Awardees | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2016 | access-date=18 January 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#OtherMajorTraditionsofDanceandDanceTheatre | archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for her contributions to Arts.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref> Her performance has been video-documented by the [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]] (IGNCA)<ref name="Major IGNCA Documentation" /> while her life story is the main feature of a journal, ''Madras Season: Its Genesis'', published by ''Sruti'', a magazine dedicated for performing arts.<ref name="Madras Season: Its Genesis">{{cite web | url=http://www.sruti.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=226 | title=Madras Season: Its Genesis | publisher=Sruti | date=December 2005 | access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]]
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== References ==
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