"ఎందరో మహానుభావులు, అందరికి వందనములు" - This popular lines were penned by the great saint poet Sri Tyagaraja(1767 - 1847 AD) saluting all the great men in this world. Perhaps, He might not be knowing that he is one among them. Sri Tyagaraja is the most celebrated Carnatic Music saint and was a great devotee of Lord Sri Rama. He, along with Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama Sastri are considered as the "Trinity of Carnatic Music". He has composed more than 800 songs in his long devoted life to Lord Rama, most of them written in his Mother tongue Telugu, but a few in Sanskrit, including the masterpiece "Jagadanandakaraka" composed of 108 names describing Lord Rama's attributes. But, his songs are well loved in Tamil Nadu, the seat of South Indian (Carnatic) Music scholarship and performance.
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