Nirmala Sitharaman releases Rs 250 coin honouring Dikshithar on his 250th birth anniversary
- FM Sitharaman released a Rs 250 coin for Carnatic maestro Muthuswamy Dikshithar’s 250th birth anniversary.
- The coin came on Tuesday at an IIT-BHU event in Varanasi, where Nirmala Sitharaman spoke to students.
- Dikshithar, in the Carnatic trinity with Tyagaraja and Syama Sastri, composed an estimated 450 to 500 works.
- The Reserve Bank of India coin was listed at Rs 6,985, with 238 pieces in stock on Tuesday evening.
Source: indiatoday.in
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