{"id":7989,"date":"2025-11-21T08:17:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T08:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artiumacademy.com\/blogs\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2026-01-06T03:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T03:54:51","slug":"remembering-the-great-carnatic-music-composer-muthuswami-dikshithar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artiumacademy.com\/blogs\/remembering-the-great-carnatic-music-composer-muthuswami-dikshithar\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Great Muthuswami Dikshithar On His 250th Birth Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Muthuswami Dikshitar, popularly known as Dikshithar, is one among the trinity of Carnatic music (the other two being Tyagaraja<\/a> and Syama Sastri). He called himself a ‘vainika gayaka’, the one who sings while playing the veena. This year marks the 250th birth anniversary of a gifted musical genius and mystic. Numerous interesting incidents, no shorter than what can be called miracles, are associated with life; let’s contemplate some of them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any student or admirer of Carnatic classical music<\/a> would have undoubtedly come across his popular compositions, such as “Vathapi Ganapathim”, “Sree Saraswathi”, and “Kamalambam Bhajare”, among others. He introduced the Hamsadhwani raga, played a major role in popularising the violin as an apt accompaniment for Carnatic concerts, and composed keerthanas in all the 72 melakarta ragas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is also known as Mudduswamy Dikshitar, the only composer to have composed krithis in all 7 basic talas of the Carnatic music system<\/a>. Dikshithar’s exposure to Western classical bands at a young age paved the way to the beautiful nottuswaras like ‘Sakthi Sahitha Ganapatim’ and ‘Vara Shiva Balam’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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