Tiruvarur Ramaswami Pillai
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Ramaswami Pillai was an Indian composer. He was born in Tiruvarur
to Kamala Tyagesam Pillai and Vasantammal, a family of Nayinar adiyar
associated with the Tyagesa temple at Tiruvarur. Ramaswami pillai blossomed into a composer and a penta linguist and retired to Vaidheeswaran koil where he spent the last days of his life.
Ramaswami Pillai has around 52 compositions to his credit including varnas an kritis and his mudra was Vedapuri or Vedapureesa after one of the names of Vaidhisvaran koil. Some of his compositions include:
Tiruvarur
Tiruvarur is a town and a municipality in Tiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Tiruvarur is the administrative headquarters of Tiruvarur district. Tiruvarur is one of the oldest towns which has been popular as cultural head quarters for many centuries...
to Kamala Tyagesam Pillai and Vasantammal, a family of Nayinar adiyar
associated with the Tyagesa temple at Tiruvarur. Ramaswami pillai blossomed into a composer and a penta linguist and retired to Vaidheeswaran koil where he spent the last days of his life.
Ramaswami Pillai has around 52 compositions to his credit including varnas an kritis and his mudra was Vedapuri or Vedapureesa after one of the names of Vaidhisvaran koil. Some of his compositions include:
- Vanita ninne - Bhairavi
- Jagadisvarai - Mohanam
- Ekkalattilum - Purvikalyani
- Na meeda - Saurashtra
- Kamakshi Katakshi - Vasanta