Judges had to shortlist from about 10000 canditates from auditions in three cities, Chennai, Tiruchirapalli and Coimbatore.
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli has published a full translation of all the 400 songs by Professor A.Dakshinamurthy in 3 Volumes in 1999.
He passed his Intermediate from C.M.S College, Kottayam in 1945, his B.A from National College, Tiruchirapalli in 1951, his B.T from Maston Training College, Chennai in 1954, and his M.A from Christ Church College, Kanpur in 1961.
Bharathidasan University, a university in the city of Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu state, India
James Vasanthan was born in Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), studied first at YWCA Primary School (Presently BHEL Matric) and later at Bishop Heber Hr Sec School (Teppakulam) and later graduated in English literature in Bishop Heber College, and then did his PG in English in Jamal Mohammad College.
Sri Lankan Airlines Service connects Tiruchirapalli with Colombo and proposed service with Jaffna.
Pearlcity Express connects Tuticorin and also major cities of Tamil Nadu like Chennai, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai and large towns like Villupuram, Dindigul and Virudhunagar enroute its journey.
This taluk covers most parts of Tiruchirapalli East constituency and has a separate regional transport office at Sanjeevi Nagar at Devadhanam.