Tyagaraja

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Carnatic composer devotional poet human saint

Tyagaraja was a revered 18th–19th century Carnatic composer-saint whose devotional kritis, especially in praise of Lord Rama, are central to South Indian classical music.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Tyagaraja canonical	13
Saint Tyagaraja	1
Tyagaraja (Carnatic composer)	1
Tyāgarāja	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Carnatic composer ⓘ devotional poet ⓘ human ⓘ saint ⓘ
associatedWith	Carnatic music ⓘ surface form: Trinity of Carnatic music
birthDate	1767 ⓘ
birthPlace	India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Tanjore ⓘ surface form: Thanjavur district Tiruvarur ⓘ
century	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
contemporaryWith	Muthuswami Dikshitar ⓘ Syama Sastri ⓘ
deathDate	1847 ⓘ
deathPlace	India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ Tanjore ⓘ surface form: Thanjavur district Thiruvaiyaru ⓘ
devotionalFocus	Rama ⓘ Vaishnavism ⓘ
ethnicity	Telugu ⓘ
fullName	Kakarla Tyagabrahmam ⓘ
genre	divya nama sankirtanas ⓘ kritis ⓘ utsava sampradaya kritis ⓘ varnams ⓘ
hasFestival	Tansen Music Festival ⓘ surface form: Tyagaraja Aradhana
influenced	Carnatic instrumental repertoire ⓘ Carnatic vocal tradition ⓘ South Indian classical music ⓘ
knownFor	Carnatic kritis ⓘ Divya Nama Kritis ⓘ Pancharatna Kritis ⓘ Utsava Sampradaya Kritis ⓘ devotional compositions in praise of Lord Rama ⓘ
languageOfWork	Telugu ⓘ
memberOf	Trinity of Carnatic music ⓘ
name	Tyagaraja self-link ⓘ
nationality	Indian ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ musician ⓘ poet ⓘ
primaryDeityInCompositions	Rama ⓘ
region	South India ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
spiritualOrientation	bhakti ⓘ
tradition	Carnatic music ⓘ
TyagarajaAradhanaFrequency	annual ⓘ
TyagarajaAradhanaLocation	Thiruvaiyaru ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Telugu → hasNotablePoet → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Tyagaraja → name → Tyagaraja self-link ⓘ

Telugu literature → hasNotableAuthor → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Carnatic music → majorComposer → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Kakarla Tyagabrahmam → alsoKnownAs → Tyagaraja ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tyāgarāja

Kakarla Tyagabrahmam → alsoKnownAs → Tyagaraja ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Tyagaraja

Pancharatna Kritis → composer → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Pancharatna Kritis → lyricist → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Utsava Sampradaya Kritis → composer → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Divya Nama Kritis → hasComposer → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Trinity of Carnatic music → hasMember → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Muthuswami Dikshitar → sharesGroupWith → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Syama Sastri → contemporaneousWith → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Thiruvaiyaru → associatedWithPerson → Tyagaraja ⓘ

Tiruvarur → isBirthplaceOf → Tyagaraja ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tyagaraja (Carnatic composer)