He was a connoisseur of music and a well-versed musician himself. Swathi Thirunal is said to extend patronage to both Hindustani as well as Carnatic music. Over 400 compositions in Carnatic and Hindustani styles of music are accredited to him. Besides music, he was fluent in several languages inclusive of Sanskrit, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Bengali, Tamil, Kannada, Oriya as well as English. |