Pacchimiriam Adiyappa

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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] 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.[2]

Pacchimiriam Adiappayya's most famous composition is the varnam Viriboni in Bhairavi ragam.[3]

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  1. 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.
  2. Deepti Omchery Bhalla (1990). Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts, Volume 5. Sundeep Prakashan. p. 123. ISBN 978-8185067599.
  3. Deepti Omchery Bhalla (1990). Studies in Indian Music and Allied Arts, Volume 5. Sundeep Prakashan. p. 124. ISBN 978-8185067599.
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