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    • VARAKAVI VENKATASURI SWAMIGAL - COMPOSER: (1817 - 1889)

      Hailed from Ayyampettai in Tanjore district. A scholar in Sanskrit, telugu, marathi and sourashtra and well-versed in music. He was honoured by Shivaji Maharaja of Tanjore with the title of Venkata Suri'. Disciple of Wallajahpet Venkataramana Bhagavatar, prime disciple of Tyagaraja, he has authored many works such as Azhagarayyar has translated it into sourashtra.

      Sourashtra Ramayana following Arunachala Kavirayar's Rama Natakam.

      This earned him the honorific of 'Sourashtra Kavi Chakravarti'

    • Written in Tamil script.

    • Written in Tamil Script.