Thiruvaiyaru also has, befittingly, a government-run college of music. The interesting thing about Raja College is that it is housed in an old chatram (structures that sheltered travellers in the days gone by) building on the banks of the Cauvery, not far from Thyagaraja's samadhi. If you are lucky you can sit in on a nadaswaram (a wind instrument) or tavil (the drum that accompanies it) class. Have you listened to the reverberations of a tavil in the confines of a thick, walled, ancient room? You must.
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