Swarna VenkaTEsha Dikshitar - A noted composer and musical scholar, Dikshitar belonged to the Chidambaram tradition of Podu Dikshitars and was trained early by Raja Ganesa Dikshitar and Padaga Sundaram Pillai. He composed many kritis, the most popular of which was swarnakAla bhairavam in kalyANi. It has an unusual tala structure of 13 matras (9+2+2 - sankeerna triputa) and was popularized by KV Narayanaswamy. He was awarded the Sahityakara gold medal by the Paramacharya of Kanchi. He was also active in the Music Academy lecture sessions for many years. He died in Chennai in March 2002 at the age of 82.

Mudra:

Compositions:

1. AduginrAn ayyan - AbhOgi
   
2. AduginrAn azhagai - aThANA
   
3. ajnOham anugraham - mOhana
   
4. ambA pAhimAm abhirAmi - Anandabhairavi
   
5. ammA ammA ena nAn - mOhana
   
6. Ananda vAzhvai - vAcaspati
   
7. anantam anantam - kalyANi
   
8. anbAl unaip-pADinEn - mAND
   
9. angAraka pAhimAm - SaNmukhapriyA
   
10. aruLaTra evarkkum - SaNmukhapriyA
    
11. Ayiram peyarum solli - dvijAvanti
    
12. ayyA sharaNam - nAdanAmakriyA
    
13. ayyapanaip-paNindu - tilang
    
14. bhairavipatE pashupatE - bhairavi
    
15. bhAskarAya tE namO - bauLi
    
16. dEvAdi dEva nI - SaNmukhapriyA
    
17. dEvAdi dEvAya - Anandabhairavi
    
18. edait-tandAlum - maNirangu
    
19. edilum inbamE manamE - madhyamAvati
    
20. ellAm nanmaikkE - SaNmukhapriyA
    
21. ellOrum sukhamAi - madhyamAvati
    
22. engE engE enai - kAmbhOji
    
23. enna inbam - husEni
    
24. enrum ennaik-kAvAi - bauLi
    
25. guruvE sharaNa - simhEndramadhyam
    
26. illAda iDam onru - SaNmukhapriyA
    
27. ippOdu enna teriyum - punnAgavarALi
    
28. iravAdirukka nI - simhEndramadhyam
    
29. jaya jaya jagadgurO - vAcaspati
    
30. jaya sarasvati - sarasvati
    
31. kA vA gajamukha - hamsadhvani
    
32. kaDaikkan pAr - kAnaDA
    
33. kalai maghaL - kharaharapriyA
    
34. kaN kaNDa deivam - hamIrkalyANi
    
35. kANAda kaNgaL - tODi
    
36. kandA vaDivElA - shankarAbharaNa
    
37. kaNDavarkku kanavilum - kuntalavarALi
    
38. kaSTappaDumpOdu - sindhuubhairavi
    
39. kAttiru manamE - punnAgavarALi
    
40. keDuttiDa ninaiyAdE - tilang
    
41. kEtum bhajAmyaham - nATakuranji
    
42. kuripparindu koDukka - kalyANi
    
43. lOka sukham - maNirangu
    
44. manamirangAdA iraiva - mAyAmALavagauLa
    
45. mAnilamIdilE manamE - dEs
    
46. mukkuruNi vinAyaka - gauLa
    
47. mUvAyirattiloru - tODi
    
48. nAdattinAl namakku - latAntapriyA
    
49. nArAyaNA sharaNam - shubhapantuvarALi
    
50. naTarAja rAjanai - kalyANi
    
51. nI inri ulagillaiyE - Anandabhairavi
    
52. nIyE gati dayApari - vasantabhairavi
    
53. nIyE kAvAyE mAmAyE - kAmbhOji
    
54. nOyinri nAn - bilahari
    
55. Om namashivaaya - hindOLam
    
56. onrirundAl aduvE - sindhubhairavi
    
57. pAdamE paNi manamE - Arabhi
    
58. pAlayamAm parama - vijayanAgari
    
59. pApam agala paramanE - nATakuranji
    
60. pArAdiruppadin - saurASTra
    
61. paramAcAryam - kIravANi
    
62. paramAnanda mUrtim - tODi
    
63. paripUrNa kaTAkSam - rItigauLa
    
64. pArttu pArttu unnaiyE - kApi
    
65. pOdum ena - sankrandanapriyA
    
66. pOga pOga puriyum - cenjuruTi
    
67. rAhu dEva - sAvEri
    
68. rAjagOpAlanaip-paNi - bhImpalAs
    
69. rakSa rakSa - kAmavardhani
    
70. sadAshivamEva sadA - Arabhi
    
71. sAma gAna lOla - suvarNAngi
    
72. SaNmukhanE ni en - SaNmukhapriyA
    
73. sarabEshvarari paNi - SaNmukhapriyA
    
74. shabari malai vAzhum - valaji
    
75. sham kuru shrI - shahAnA
    
76. shankara candrashEkhara - sindhubhairavi
    
77. sharaNam sharaNam - gauLa
    
78. sharaNam shivakAmi tAyE - kharaharapriyA
    
79. shiva cidambaramE - sAmA
    
80. shivatraya mahA - nATa
    
81. shonnAlE pOdum - bhairavi
    
82. shrI mUla nAtharai - hindOLa
    
83. shrI shailanAtham - sArangA
    
84. shrI shivakAmasundari - gauLa
    
85. sUriyanai dinamum - mOhana
    
86. svarNakAlabhairavam - kalyANi
    
87. tanda sukham enna - sAmA
    
88. tapikkinra en manadil - manOlaya
    
89. taruNam idutAnO ayyA - pUrvikalyANi
    
90. tAvenraruL vandu - mAND
    
91. tAyE dayai purivAyE - ranjani
    
92. tiruvaruL purivAyE - nAdanAmakriyA
    
93. tiruvuLLam irangAdA - aThANA
    
94. tudi seidiDu manamE - gauLipantu
    
95. tvamEva sarvamityaham - kAnaDA
    
96. undan sevigaL enna - kuntalavarALi
    
97. unnait-tudippavar - latAngi
    
98. vA vA vA vAraNa - gambhIranATa
    
99. vaDivElA vA vA - tODi
    
100. vandE kavim - ranjani
     
101. vandEham candra - bEgaDA
     
102. vandEham tvAm - dhanyAsi
     
103. vANI vaNDu mayangum - bilahari
     
104. varam onru nI tara - kAmavardhini
     
105. vEdanai tIrppAi vEdanAyakanE - vAcaspati
     
106. vEzha mukhanai - hamsadhvani
     
107. vinAyaka sharNam - cakravAka
     
108. yArai nambuvadu iraivA - manOlaya