Pacchimiriam Adiyappa

Pacchimiriam Adiappayya was a famous court musician at the Maratha kingdom of Thanjavur in the 18th century. He belongs to Kannada Madhwa Brahmin community.^[1] Famous musicians Veena Venkatamaramana Das of Vijayanagaram and Veena Seshanna of Mysore are his descendants.^[2] He was a composer of Carnatic music. Some of his famous disciples were Syama Sastri, one of the Trinity of Carnatic composers, and Ghanam Krishna Iyer. His compositions are in the Telugu language.^[3]

Pacchimiriam Adiappayya's most famous composition is the varnam Viriboni in Bhairavi ragam.^[4]

References

^ The Illustrated Weekly of India, Volume 101, Issues 35-46. Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press. 1980. p. 7. , it has been mentioned that Pachimiriyam Adiayyappaiah was a Karnataka Brahmin of the Madhva Sect.
^ B. Dayananda Rao (1994). Carnatic Music Composers: A Collection of Biographical Essays. Triveni Foundation. p. 75. Adiyappayya was a Madhva Brahmin and two of his lineal descendants, namely. Veena Venkataramana Das of Vijayanagaram and Veena Seshanna of Mysore made an indelible mark in the realm of Performance.
^ Deepti Omchery Bhalla (1990). Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts, Volume 5. Sundeep Prakashan. p. 123. ISBN 978-8185067599.
^ Deepti Omchery Bhalla (1990). Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts, Volume 5. Sundeep Prakashan. p. 124. ISBN 978-8185067599.

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