Ravana(Tamil: இராவணன், Sanskrit: रावण, IPA: [ˈrɑːʋəɳə]) is the primary antagonist character of the Hindu legend, the Ramayana; who is the Brahmin king of Lanka. In the classic text, he is mainly depicted negatively, kidnapping Rama’s wife Sita, to claim vengeance on Rama and his brother Lakshmana for having cut off the nose of his sister [...]
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Bramhasri Dr. Krovi Pardha Saradhi
Dr.Krovi Pardha Saradhi Bramhasri Dr. Krovi Pardha Saradhi Garu is one of the mentors and his greatest works on Sri Vidya are enchanting and divine. His writings on Sri Vidya are so much simplied, that any common man can grasp the divine knowledge of sri vidya in a very short span of time. His lectures [...]
Kshetrayya (క్షేత్రయ్య)
Kshetrayya (or) Kshetragna Kshetrayya (c. 1600 – 1680) was a prolific Telugu poet and composer of Carnatic music. He lived in the area of Andhra Pradesh in South India. He composed a number of padams and keertanas, the prevalent formats of his time. He is credited with more than 4000 compositions, although only a handful have [...]
Muthuswami Dikshitar (Sanskrit:मुत्थुस्वामी दीक्षितर, Tamil:முத்துஸ்வாமி தீக்ஷிதர)
Muthuswami Dikshitar (Sanskrit:मुत्थुस्वामी दीक्षितर, Tamil:முத்துஸ்வாமி தீக்ஷிதர) (also known by his signature name Guruguha) was born on March 24, 1775 (March 24, 1775– October 21, 1835) in Tiruvarur, near Tirichy, India as a fruit of long prayers by his father ramaswamy. Dikshitar, a famous singer himself. He is considered to be part of the trinity of carnatic cotemporaneous [...]
Annamacharya
Annamayya – Venkateswara’s bard Hailed as the ‘Pada Kavita Pitamaha’, for it was he who gave us the musical form of Pada, Annamacharya (1408-1503) was a forerunner of the great composers of Carnatic Music. Born in a Brahmin family belonging to the Nandavarika community in Tallapaka village which is in Cuddapah district of present-day [...]
Patnam Subramanya Iyer
Patnam Subramanya Iyer was a great vocalist, teacher and composer. He was born in 1845 in Tanjavur to Bharatham Vaidyanatha Iyer, his father. He hailed from a musical tradition: his grandfather was Bharatham Panchanada Sastry, the samasthana vidwan at the court of Serfoji II and his uncle Melatture Ganapati Sastrigal was also a vocalist and [...]
Maha Vaidyanath Iyer
Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer was born in 1844. He worked as a composer. He died in 1893 at the age of 49 years old.
Kavikunjara Bharati
Kavi Kunjara Bharati (1810–1896) was a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music. He was born in a family with long involvement in music and scholarship. His ancestors belonged to Tirunelveli district. His parents lived in the village of Perungarai in Ramanathapuram district. It is said the whole village was a gift from Maharaja [...]
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Born – 1904 Died – 1948 Achievements – Subhadra Kumari Chauhan was a distinguished Indian poetess, whose compositions used to be very emotionally charged. Her most well-known composition is Jhansi Ki Rani narrating the life of the brave Jhansi Ki Rani, Lakshmi Bai. Of the entire Hindi literature, it is this poem [...]
Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi Born – 1926 Achievements – Mahasweta Devi is an eminent Indian Bengali writer, who has been studying and writing incessantly about the life and struggles faced by the tribal communities in the states like Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Mahasweta Devi is a reputed Indian writer who was born in the [...]
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Tyagaraja (త్యాగరాజ)
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Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (ശ്രീ സ്വാതി തിരുനാള് രാമ വര്മ്മ)
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Kshetrayya (క్షేత్రయ్య)
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Dasu Sreeramulu
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Achyutashtakam (अच्युताष्टकम्)
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Alluri Sita Rama Raju (Telugu: అల్లూరి సీతారామరాజు)
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Swami Brahmananda
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Guru Tegh Bahadur
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Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati
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Vedanta Desika
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