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C. Rajagopalachari
Indian politician and activist (1878–1972)
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Tyagaraja
Sadguru Sri Tyāgarāja Swāmi (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Tyāgayya, and in full as Kākarla Tyāgabraḥmaṁ, was a composer of Carnatic Music, a form of Indian Classical Music. Tyāgarāja and his contemporaries, Śyāma Śāstri and Muthuswāmi Dikshitar, are regarded as the Trinity of Carnatic Music. Tyāgarāja composed hundreds of devotional kṛti ( compositions), mostly in Telugu and in praise of Rāma. Many of them remain popular to this day. Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pañcaratna Kṛti ( five gems), which are often sung in programs held in his honor. Tyāgar
Muthuswami Dikshitar
Indian poet and composer
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M. Balamuralikrishna
Indian Carnatic vocalist
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Purandara Dasa
Indian musician
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Lalgudi Jayaraman
Carnatic violinist/composer (1930-2013)
Syama Sastri
Indian musician
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Tallapaka Annamacharya
Tallapaka Annamacharya (; 9 May 1408 – 23 February 1503), also known as Annamayya, was a Telugu composer and Hindu saint. Born in Thallapaka, he composed devotional songs known as saṁkīrtanas in praise of Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu. He is the earliest known Indian musician to utilize this song form.
Kanaka Dasa
Indian philosopher, musician and poet
Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Maharajah of Travencore (1813-1846)
Lakshminarayana Subramaniam
Indian musician (1947— )
Jyotsna Srikanth
Indian violinist
Mysore Vasudevachar
Carnatic composer (1865-1961)
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Narayana Teertha
Indian composer
Sudha Ragunathan
Indian Carnatic singer
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Dharma Raja
Maharaja of Travancore
Kancherla Gopanna
Composer and poet
N. Ravikiran
Indian musician
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Papanasam Sivan
Indian composer of Carnatic music (1890-1973)
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V. Dakshinamoorthy
Indian musician (1919–2013)
G. N. Balasubramaniam
Indian singer (1910–1965)
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L. Vaidyanathan
Indian composer
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Kshetrayya
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Rallapalli Anantha Krishna Sharma
Indian composer (1893–1979)
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list of Carnatic composers
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M. D. Ramanathan
Indian composer
Sadasiva Brahmendra
Saint, composer of Carnatic music and philosopher
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Venkatamakhin
Venkatamakhin (; ) or Venkatamakhi, was an Indian poet, musician, and musicologist of Carnatic music. He is renowned for his Chaturdandiprakashika in which he explicates the melakarta system of classifying ragas. Venkatamakhin composed geethams and prabandhas, as well as 24 ashtapadis in praise of Lord Thyagaraja of Tiruvarur.
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Muthiah Bhagavatar
Indian musician
Rama Swamy Annavarapu
Indian classical violinist
K. C. Kesava Pillai
Indian writer
Shuddhananda Bharati
Indian philosopher and poet (1897–1990)
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Patnam Subramania Iyer
Indian composer (1845–1902)
Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi
Indian composer
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Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi
Indian musician
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Chitti Babu
Indian musician
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G. J. R. Krishnan
Indian musician
Periyasaamy Thooran
Indian poet, teacher, and composer (1908–1987)
Subbarama Dikshitar
Indian composer
Arunachala Kavi
Tamil poet and Carnatic music composer
Gopalakrishna Bharathi
Indian poet and composer
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Maharajapuram Santhanam
carnatic vocalist from Tamilnadu, India