HR&CE Dept. to start music school in Tiruttani

Youth will be taught how to play nagaswaram, thavil, and trained in classical music

The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department will start a music school at the Sri Venugopalaswamy temple in Tiruttani, Tiruvallur district, to teach youngsters how to play nagaswaram, thavil and other instruments related to temples, and train them in classical music.

Minister P.K. Sekarbabu, who inspected the location where the school will come up at a cost of ₹50 lakh on Thursday, said a hall was available at the site where the school would be started. “Once the building is ready, the school will be shifted there and more subjects added,” he said.

Earlier, the Minister visited the Subramaniaswamy temple, where repair work on the golden temple car is nearing completion. “The silver temple car will be renovated soon. Steps leading to the rajagopuram have to be completed, and three mandapams, along the walkers’ path, will be reconstructed,” he said. On the demand for an alternate path on the hill, he said the Forest Department had sought 7 acres of land in exchange, and land had also been identified.