Tanjaavoor Shankara Aiyyar - Born on January 14th, 1924 in Togamarai, Tiruchi District to Venkatesha Iyer and Kuppalu Ammal, he learned music from his maternal grandfather Krishna Iyer as well as from Sattur Krishna Iyengar and Tiger Varadacharya. His students include T.V. Sankaranarayanan, Chitravina N Ravikiran, and Neyveli Santhanagopalan, in addition to numerous students of the Sangeetha Vidyalaya of the Shanmukhananda Sabha in Mumbai. He was a highly respected vaggeyakkara, who was also a concert artiste and a much loved teacher. He earned a certificate of merit from the Madras Music Academy, Kalaimaamani from the government of Tamil Nadu, Sangeeta Ratnakara from the Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana, and Sangeeta Kala Acharya from the Music Academy

Mudra:

Compositions:

1. ezhiluDai - hamsanaadam
   
2. geeta vaadya - naaTakapriyaa
   
3. maal marugan (varNam) - hindOLam
   
4. mahaa gaNapati - naaTTai
   
5. mahaadEva shiva - rEvati
   
6. mana malar (jaavaLi) - shuruTTi
   
7. manasaaramati - saaramati
   
8. manatirkugantatu - sindu bhairavi
   
9. murugaa tirumaal - harikaambhOji
   
10. natajanapaalini - naLinakaanti
    
11. pada sarOjamula - asaavEri
    
12. paripoorNa candra - poornacandrikaa
    
13. poruttaruLvaayE - sahaanaa
    
14. raama naamamE - dEsh
    
15. ranjani mridu - raagamaalika
    
16. sharavaNabhava guha - sahaanaa
    
17. tillaanaa - aananda bhairavi