Current Affairs - Art and Culture - Discussion

₹250 is the denomination of the commemorative coin released by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on November 5, 2026, to mark the 250th birth anniversary of Muthuswami Dikshitar. The release ceremony was held at IIT-BHU in Varanasi under the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge Systems. The coin was issued by the Reserve Bank of India and minted in limited quantities for collectors. Muthuswami Dikshitar was one of the Trinity of Carnatic music, along with Tyagaraja and Syama Sastri. He composed approximately 450–500 musical works, predominantly in Sanskrit, making significant contributions to Indian classical music.