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'''Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan''' ({{lang-ta|மஹா வைத்யநாத சிவன்}}) (23 May 1844 – 27 January 1893) was a composer and vocalist of [[Carnatic music]]. He was a great exponent of extemporaneous singing. He also composed a ''ragamalika'' (garland of ragas - a song that utilises more than one ''[[raga]]'') with all the 72 [[melakartha]] ragas.<br />
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Vaidyanatha Iyer was born in the village of Viyacheri in the [[Thanjavur]] districts of [[Tamil Nadu]]. His father Duraisami Iyer was also a musician and he trained Vaidyanatha Iyer as well as his other sons in Carnatic music. Vaidyanatha Iyer continued his training with some of the well known musicians of his time including [[Anai Ayya brothers]]. Later he continued his training under [[Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar]], one of [[Tyagaraja]]’s disciples. He was famous for his elaboration of ''ragas'' (''raga alapana''). Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan and his elder brother, Ramaswami Sivan, were the earliest performing duo in the history of Carnatic music as known in the last two centuries.<br />
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He composed mainly in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and used the ''[[Mudra (music)|mudra]]'' 'Guhadasa'. Some of his famous compositions are ''Pahimam Srirajarajeswari'' ''(Janaranjani'') and ''Neekela dayaradu'' (''Sarasangi'').<br />
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== Compositions ==<br />
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! ''Composition'' !! ''[[Raga]]'' !! ''[[Tala (music)|Tala]]'' !! ''Type'' !! ''Language'' !! ''Other Info'' <br />
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|''nIkEla daya rAdu'' || ''sarasAngi'' || ''khanDa cApu'' || || ''[[Telugu language|Telugu]]'' || ''Credited to his brother Ramaswamy Sivan'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://karnatik.com/c3570.shtml|title = Carnatic Songs - nIkEla dayarAdu dhayaradhu}}</ref><br />
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|''pAhimAm SrI rAja rAjEswarI'' || ''jana ranjani'' || ''Adi'' || || ''[[Sanskrit]]'' || ''Credited to his brother Ramaswamy Sivan'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://karnatik.com/c2428.shtml|title = Carnatic Songs - pAhimAm shrI}}</ref><br />
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| ''praNatArti hara prabhO purArE'' || ''Raga Malika'' || ''Adi'' || || ''[[Sanskrit]]'' || ''72-Melakarta Raga malika''<br />
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| ''Sri shankara guru varam'' || ''Naga Swarali'' || ''Rupaka'' || || ''[[Sanskrit]]'' || <br />
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==See also==<br />
{{Portal|India|Music}}<br />
*[[List of Carnatic composers]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040919093959/http://www.geocities.com/promiserani2/co1113.html |date=September 19, 2004 |title=Karnatica.com }}<br />
* [http://carnatica.net/composer/mahavaidyanathaiyer.htm carnatica.net]<br />
* [http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/mvsivan.html Carnaticcorner.com]<br />
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