Historical Meetings

Thumu Narasimhadasu
Thumu Narasimhadasu of Ponnur, Guntur district met T in house of Veena Kuppayya in Thiruvothiyur and wrote 2 poems about Thyagaraja – thought to be in 1821

Gopinatha Bhatacharya
Hindusthani singer

Gopalakrishna Bharathy
Gopalakrishna Bharathy (author of musical Nandanar charitham) – Composed Sabhapahi in Abhogi on Thyagaraja’s request

Shatkaala Govinda Dasudu
Shatkaala Govinda Dasudu from Swati Thirunal’s Thiruvaankuru kingdom, Muvvattupuja taluk, Rama Mangala village visited and sang Jayadeva’s asthapadi Chandana Charchita in Pantuvarali raga in 6 kalas

Doraiswamy Iyer (Panchanada Iyer)
Doraiswamy Iyer (Panchanada Iyer) impressed Thyagaraja by singing one Thyagaraja’s songs very well in a bhajan- Thyagaraja was very pleased, embraced him and blessed him to have sangita vidwans as offsprings- his sons are Ramaswamy Sivan and Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer, who composed the well known 72 melakarta ragamalika