page_title: Tyagaraja
hierarchical_section_title: Tyagaraja
caption_attribution_description: English: A painting of the Carnatic music composer, w:Tyagaraja (1767–1847), from the Jaganmohan palace in Mysore. The painting features in MS Ramaswami Aiyar's 1927 biography of Tyagaraja.
context_page_description: Tyagaraja, also known as Tyāgayya, was a renowned composer of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. He was prolific and highly influential in the development of India's classical music tradition. Tyagaraja and his contemporaries, Shyama Shastri and Muthuswami Dikshitar, were regarded as the Trinity of Carnatic music. Tyagaraja composed thousands of devotional compositions, most in Telugu and in praise of Lord Rama, many of which remain popular today. Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pancharatna Kritis, which are often sung in programs in his honour.
  Tyagaraja saw the reigns of four kings of the Maratha dynasty — Tulaja II, Amarasimha, Serfoji II and Sivaji II, although he served none of them.
context_section_description: Tyagaraja (4 May 1767 – 6 January 1847), also known as Tyāgayya, was a renowned composer of Carnatic music, a form of Indian classical music. He was prolific and highly influential in the development of India's classical music tradition. Tyagaraja and his contemporaries, Shyama Shastri and Muthuswami Dikshitar, were regarded as the Trinity of Carnatic music. Tyagaraja composed thousands of devotional compositions, most in Telugu and in praise of Lord Rama, many of which remain popular today. Of special mention are five of his compositions called the Pancharatna Kritis (English: "five gems"), which are often sung in programs in his honour.
  Tyagaraja saw the reigns of four kings of the Maratha dynasty — Tulaja II (1763–1787), Amarasimha (1787–1798), Serfoji II (1798–1832) and Sivaji II (1832–1855), although he served none of them.
caption: A painting of Tyagaraja from the Jaganmohan palace in Mysore[1]
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