Muthuswami Dikshitar, Indian poet and composer (born 1775)

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Composer of Carnatic Music

Muthuswami Dikshitar (Mudduswamy Dikshitar) (IAST: muttusvāmi dīkṣitar, 24 March, 1776 – 21 October, 1835), mononymously Dikshitar, was a South Indian poet, singer, veena player, and a prolific composer of Indian classical music. The youngest member of what is referred to as the…