Swaati TirunaaL - He was born in the royal family of Travancore in 1813 and learned English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Telegu, Marathi and Kannada at an early age, along with music. At 16, he became King of Travancore and had in his court famous musicians such as Kannaiah Bhaagavatar (disciple of Tyagaraaja); the Tanjaavoor brothers Ponniah, Shivaanandam, and VaDivElu; COlaapuram Raghunaata Rao; Harikata Meru Swami; and Irayimman Tampi along with a few renowned Hindustani musicians. He is said to have composed about 400 songs in both familiar and rare raagams. His "Navaraatri Keertanais" and "Navaratna Maalika Keertanais" are famous, and his "Navaratna Maalai" contains 9 songs representing the 9 kinds of devotion. He has composed many beautiful raagamaalikas (songs in multiple raagams). His "Bhaavaiyaami raghuraamam" was composed entirely in the raagam saavEri but was made into a raagamaalika by SemmanguDi Shreenivaasa Ayyar. He also composed 65 padams and many tillaanaas. His songs are composed in a variety of taaLams and his varnams are popular. Being a great patron of the dance form KatakaLi, he invited dancers to come perform - and composed swarajatis and jaavalis as well as Hindustani-style songs. Some say that some compositions attributed to him were really composed by some great musicians of his court. His life was short and he died on December 25, 1846, at 34. At least 125 of his compositions are available today.

Mudras: Padmanaabha, Pankajanaabha, Sarasijanaabha, Saraseeruha naabha, Kanja naabha, Jalaja naabha

Compositions:

1. adrisutavara - kalyaaNi
   
2. aliveni - kurinji
   
3. bhaavayaami - raagamaalika
   
4. bhOgeenDra shaayinam - kuntala varaaLi
   
5. caliyE kunjan - brindaavan saarang
   
6. dEva dEva jagadeeshwara - poorvi kalyaaNi
   
7. dEva dEva kalayaami - maayamaaLava gowLa
   
8. dEvi jagajjanani - shankaraabharaNam
   
9. gOpaalaka paahimaam - boopaalam
   
10. gOpanandana valaripunuta - bhooshavaLi
    
11. indumukhi - shankaraabharaNam
    
12. iTu saahasamula - saindhavi
    
13. jaya jaya dEvi - yamunaa kalyaaNi
    
14. jaya jaya padmanaabhaanujEsha - maNirangu
    
15. maamavasadaa janani - kaanaDaa
    
16. paahi jagajjanani - hamsaanandi
    
17. paahi jagajjanani - vaacaspati
    
18. paahimaam shree - kalyaaNi
    
19. paahi parvatanandini - aarabi
    
20. paahi shreepatE - hamsadwani
    
21. pankajaaksha tava - tODi
    
22. paripaahi maamayi - kalyaaNi
    
23. paripaalaya maam - reetigowLa
    
24. raajeevaaksha baarO - shankaraabharaNam
    
25. raama raama guNaseemaa - simhEndra madhyamam
    
26. saaramaina-behaag, neelaambari
    
27. saamajEndra bheetiharaNa - bhoopaaLam, rEvagupti
    
28. tillaanaa - dhanashree
    
29. vandE sadaa padmanaabham - navarasa kannaDa
    
30. vihaara maanasa - kaapi
    
31. vishvEshvara darshana - dhanashree