- Ghanam Krishna Iyer
Ghanam Krishna Iyar (1790-1854) was a composer of
Carnatic music and was famous for his "padams". "Padams" are expressive songs of three of more stanzas, used generally as an accompaniment to classical dance. Krishna Iyar was a student of the famous composer,Pacchimiriam Adiyappa . He was also influenced byTyagaraja andGopalakrishna Bharathi . The title "Ghanam", which associated with music means 'deep' or 'grand', relates to his style of singing.He met
Tyagaraja and composed and sang "Summa Summa Varuguma Sugam" inraga Atana. Hi "mudras" included "Muttukumaara" and "Velar".ee also
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List of Carnatic composers References
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