Shadkala Govinda Marar

By legend, Endaro Mahanubhavulu, one of Thyagaraja's most famous compositions, was composed after he heard Marar sing.

He is said to have used a Tamburu having seven strings Govinda Marar was born in 1798 at Ramamangalam, a village in Ernakulam district,Kerala.

[2] After leading a wandering life for a long time, he reached the temple of Panduranga in Pandharpur, Maharashtra.

Govinda Marar from a speech delivered by the great Malayalam poet Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer.

The Shatkala Govinda Marar Smaraka Kala Samithy took birth under the chairmanship of Prof. M. P. Manmadhan in 1980.

Several famous artists from South India have come to Ramamangalam to pay their homage before the saint musician during the last two and a half decades.