Chart of composers of various centuries

Century	Composers	Place of birth
12	Jayadeva	Kindubilva, Orissa
	Basavanna	Bagewadi,Karnataka
	Akka Mahadevi	Shimoga,Karnataka
14	Tallapakam Annamacharya	Kadappa,Andhra Pradesh
16	Mira Bai	Mewad
	Narayana Theertha	Tanjore, Tamilnadu
	Purandaradasa	Pandarapur, Maharashtra
	Kanakadasa	Andhra Pradesh
17	Badrachala Ramadasa	Barachal, Andhra Pradesh
	Sadashiva Brahmendra	Madurai
	Venkatamakhin
18	Oothukkadu Venkatasubba Iyer	Tanjore, Tamilnadu
	Shyamasastry	Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu
	Thyagaraja	Thiruvarur,Tamilnadu
	Muthuswamy Dikshitar	Thiruvarur,Tamilnadu
19	Panjushastry
	Ponniah Pillai	Tanjore, Tamilnadu
	Subbarayashastry
	Swati Thirunal	Thiruvankur,Kerala
	Veena Kuppaiyyar	Thiruvarur,Tamilnadu
	Mahavaidyanatha Iyer	Tanjore,Tamilnadu
	Pattanam Subramanya Iyer	Tanjore,Tamilnadu
	Gopalakrishna Bharathi	Tanjore,Tamilnadu
	Nilakanta Shivan	Padmanabhapuram, Tamilnadu
	Mysore Sadashiva Rao	Chittoor,Arcot
	Mysore Vasudevacharya	Coimbatore
	Muthiah Bhagavathar	Harikeshanallur
	Papanasham Shivan	Tanjore,Tamilnadu

 

Lineage :

Tallapakkam Annamacharya:

Disciples: His son Pedde Thirumala Iyengar and grandson Chinna Thirumale Iyengar are called as Tallapakkam composers.

Shyamasastry:

Guru:Pachimiriam Adi Appaya

Disciples: His second son Subbaraya Shastry,his first son Panju Shastry . Annamayya was the third sona nd famous disciple of Panju Shastry.

Thyagaraja:

Guru: Learnt devarnamas,padas from mother Seetamma, roper training from Sonti Venkataramanaiah of Tanjore court

Disciples: Taught astrology to Kumbakonam Aruvamuda Iyengar, Walajapet Potti Joshyar

Disciples in music: Walajapet Venkatramana Bhagavathar,Manambuchavadi Venkata Subbayyar,Umayalpuram Krishna Bhagavathar,Sundara bhagavathar, Tanjore Rama Rao, Veena Kuppaiyar and Subbarayashastry. Thiruvottiyur Thyagayyar was the son and popular disciple of Veena Kuppaiyar.

Muthuwswamy Dikshithar:

Guru: Music was a hereditary boon to him as his father was Ramaswamy Dikshidar the creator of Raga hamsadhwani.

Disciples: four dance masters from Tanjavur: Sivanandam, Ponnayya, Chinnayya and Vadivelu.Dikshitar had a daughter but it was the descendants of his brother Baluswami who have preserved his musical legacy, and his compositions have been popularized due to the efforts of people like Subbarama Dikshitar and Ambi Dikshitar.

Pattanam Subramanya Iyer:

Guru: Uncle Melathur Ganapathi Shastri, Manambuchavadi Venkata Subbaiyyar who was a disciple of Thyagaraja

Disciples: Mysore Vasudevacharya, Bhairavi kempe Gowda

Mahavaidyanatha Iyer:

Guru: Panchnathayyar, his father. Ramaswami SHivan, his elder brother also guided Vaidyanatha. Also learnt from Manambuchavadi Venkata Subbaiyyar