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Patnam Subramania Iyer (1845 – July 31, 1902) was a composer and singer of Carnatic music. Subramaniya Iyer followed the traditions of the great composer Tyagaraja. He has left behind almost one hundred compositions.

Patnam Subramania Iyer
Born	1845 (1845) Thiruvaiyaru, Thanjavur, India
Died	31 July 1902 (1902-08-01) (aged 56)
Occupation	Musician, composer
Known for	Carnatic music
Notable work	Raghuvamsa Sudha, Evari Bodhanna

Subramaniya Iyer was born in Thiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district of present-day Tamil Nadu. His family had a long history of musical involvement – his father Bharatam Vaidyanatha Iyer was adept at both music and Sastra and his grandfather Panchanada Sastri was the court musician in the court of Serfoji Maharaja of Thanjavur. Subramaniya Iyer learned music from his uncle, Melattur Ganapati Sastri, and later under Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar who was a disciple of Tyagaraja himself.

Subramaniya Iyer spent a long time in Chennapatnam (Chennai). This gave Subramaniya Iyer the prefix to his name. Many of his students such as Mysore Vasudevachar, Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, Bhairavi Kempegowda and Tiger Varadachariar became famous composers and vocalists. His neighbour Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer was also a noted musician.

Two of his famous compositions are Raghu Vamsha Sudha in raga Kathanakuthuhalam and Evari Bodhanna in raga Abhogi.[1] He is known to have used his guru's mudra (signature) Venkatesa or variations of the same, in his compositions in Telugu and Sanskrit.

The reigning Maharaja of Mysore, Chamarajendra Wodeyar X, gave him a pair of golden bracelets on two occasions, after singing performances in court.

Music compositions

Varnams

Composition	Raga	Tala	Language	Description	Audio Links
Evari Bodhanna	Abhogi Varnam	Adi	Telugu		KJ Yesudas- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cdTmdoa420&feature
Valachi Vacchi	Navaragamalika	Adi	Telugu		NCS Ravali – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUi-uYpH4jI
MarachiTlunDe	Begada	Ata	Telugu
Era Napai[2]	Hanumatodi	Adi	Telugu		KJ Yesudas- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKlAd6SAhVE&feature

maravakavE O manasaa || Shyaamaa || || Telugu

Krithis

Composition	Raga	Tala	Language	Description	Audio Links
maravakavE O manasaa	Shyaamaa		Telugu		Semmangudi Shrinivasa Iyer's recital available online
mari vEre dikkevarrayya rAmA	Shanmukha Priya	Adi	Telugu		TN Seshagopalan – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0zhD86dUW4
mari vere dikkevvaru	Latangi	Khanda Chapu	Telugu		Rama Varma – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXW-Pe0pofk
ninnu jeppa kAraNamEmi	mandAri	Khanda Chapu	Telugu
pancha nadISa pAhimAm	pUrNa chandrika	rUpaka	Sanskrit
pari dAnamitchhitE pAlintuvEmO	Bilahari	Khanda Chapu	Telugu		Nagavalli Nagaraj – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaliQJkbf0E
raghu vamsa sudhAmbudhi chandra SrI	kadana kutUhalam	dESa-Adi	Sanskrit
inca dhaya raalEdA	cakravaakam	Adi	Telugu		Chembai – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diuj4oFL2r8
varamulosagi brOchuTa nIkarudA	kIra vANi	rUpaka	Telugu		Malladi Brothers – http://www.musicindiaonline.com/album/10-Classical_Carnatic_Vocal/12754-Malladi_Brothers/#/album/10-Classical_Carnatic_Vocal/12754-Malladi_Brothers/
Manavi Che KonavayyA	Sarasangi	RUpakam	Telugu

See also

• List of Carnatic composers

Notes

References

• Musical Nirvana biography
• Creativity at its best, The Hindu, 04-Oct-2002

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