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Rao Sahib Pandithar (Tamil: பண்டிதர், 2 August 1859 – 31 August 1919) was a Tamil musicologist, composer and a traditional medicine practitioner from Sambavar vadakarai of Tirunelveli District (That day Kollam district), who is celebrated for his patronage of numerous Tamil musicians and his influential studies ...
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EARLY LIFEHe was put in a school at Surandai in the district of Tirunelveli. He was sent to the C.V.E.S. Normal Teachers Training School at Dindigul, where he became a teacher after 3 year's study and training. His grand parents on both sides were medical practitioners, and were well versed in Tamil Medical Literature, and it was no wonder that his natural proclivities inclined towards medicine. He wished to initiate himself into the ancient system of Indian Medicine and with this objective in view he went to Surli Hills, near the sources of the Vaigai River in the summer of 1877.He came into contact with a great Maharishi called Karunananda Rishi who initiated him into the world of Indian Medicine with all its nuances. He also gave him the necessary recipes and the directions for preparing the world famed Karunananda Medicines. During the Christmas of 1882 he married Gyanavadivu Ponnammal of Nanjankulam and 3 months later the couple joined the Lady Napier Girls School in Thanjavur as Tamil Pandit and Head Mistress respectively.
Their joint success in giving excellent secular education, in teaching moral lessons, in shaping social conduct and in imparting elementary principals of private and social hygiene was so remarkable that both of them became institutions by themselves in Thanjavur District. Mr. Pandithar's wife Gyanavadivu Ponnammal died on the 15th of December 1911 after a short illness and a few months later he married Bhagyammal.
ABRAHAM PANDITHAR AS AN MEDICINAL PRACTITIONER
The slow but steady popularity of these remedies induced Mr. Abraham Pandithar to the more intensive study of Tamil Literature relating to medicine. In 1890 he resigned his post as a teacher for the more humanitarian work of alleviation of pain and misery through Indian medicine. Gradually his research work into Hindu Medicine made steady progress and the Indian world, especially the Tamil world, in South Indian Medicine. Gradually his research work into Hindu Medicine made steady progress and the Indian world, especially the Tamil world, in South India, Ceylon, Burma the Strait Settlements which were all then an integral part of the British Empire started reaping the fruits of his patient labours. Among the special preparations for which Mr. Pandithar's name became famous were Sanjeevi Pills, Gorosanai Pills and Agharana Sanjeevi Pill etc.
ABRAHAM PANDITHAR - THE GREAT MUSICOLOGIST
Abraham Pandithar has made himself immortal in the history of South Indian Music by his two great volumes entitled "Karunamita Sagaram" which he published in 1917. It was a treatise on music in general and Tamil Isai in particular. Abraham Pandithar learnt music under Dindigul Sadayandi Pattar. He also underwent training under an unknown Nadaswaram artist at Thanjavur and blossomed into a knowledgeable musicologist and a princely patron. Rajah Sir Annammalai Chettiar, the founder of Annammalai University is considered as the founder of the Tamil Isai movement. Long before Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar, Abraham Pandithar championed the cause of Tamil Isai by researching into the intricacies of Carnatic Music in the context of ancient Tamil literature on art and music.
THE ALL INDIA MUSIC CONFERENCEAt the All India Music Conference held in Baroda between 20th March and 24th March 1916, Rao Sahib Abraham Pandithar was one of the main speakers. He spoke "On Shruthis" on 22nd March 1916 and won the appreciation of all present on the occasion. His daughter Maragathavalliammal gave a demonstration on "Notation in Indian music".MEETING WITH LORD MONTAGUEWhen Lord Montague came to Madras as Secretary of State for India towards the end of 1917, Rao Sahib Abraham Pandithar called on Lord Montague. Lord Montague has referred to his interview with Abraham Pandithar in his "Indian Diary". Lord Montague has mentioned about the versatile and wide-ranging interests of Abraham Pandithar.Till the end of his life, he kept up close contact with all the musical luminaries in the whole of India.
He passed away peacefully on 31st August 1919 at Thanjavur. His was a life of creative fulfillment -- a life of love and service guided and governed by knowledge and an unquenchable thirst of knowledge.The Indian Patriot referring to him stated: "Another remarkable man of whom Young India has heard much and whose activities are well known is Abraham Pandithar. We knew him as a practical agriculturist, we knew him as an excellent medical man. When we went to see him in the dark hours of the evening, he was poring over some proofs of a music work, to which, at great devotion of time and wealth, he has been applying himself. Proprietor of an up to date press, enthusiast of every kind of useful activity, a man of inexhaustible energy and confidence in himself, Abraham Pandithar is a shining example for Young India. 'Be ever active and strive to do good' is the permanent message of his life.
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