- Anai Ayya brothers
Anai Ayya brothers were two brothers, who lived in the 19th century
Tamil Nadu , and were composers ofCarnatic music . Anai Iyer and Annavaiyyar composed both in Telugu and Tamil and used the "mudra" Umadasa.The Anai Ayya brothers were close contemporaries of the great composer
Tyagaraja and were related toMaha Vaidyanatha Iyer . They lived in Vaiyacheri and Tiruvaiyaru in theThanjavur district. They were patronised by the kingSerfoji II of Thanjavur. Together they wrote at least 26 Tamil and 12 Telugu compositions that are currently available. Their compositions had the theme of devotion sprinkled with philosophy. Their songs were in praise ofSiva and his consort.Some of their popular compositions are "Ambanannu" (Todi), "Paruvam parkka" (Dhanyasi) and "Saranu saranu" (Jhinjooti), "Mahima teliya tara ma" (Sankarabharanam).
One of the last contributions that
T. Viswanathan and T. Sankaran made to Carnatic music was to edit the compositions of the Anai Ayya brothers (published by Brihaddhvani).ee also
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List of Carnatic composers References
* [http://carnatica.net/composer/anaiayya.htm carnatica.net]
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