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Muthuswami Dikshitar

1775 - 1835

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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 Trinity of Carnatic music, Muthuswami Dikshitar was born on 24 March, 1776 in Tiruvarur near Thanjavur, now known as Tamil Nadu. He was born to a family that is traditionally traced back to Virinichipuram in the northern boundaries of the state. Dikshitar is credited for approximately 500 compositions which are noted for their elaborate, poetic descriptions of Hindu deities, architectural descriptions of temples, and for capturing the essence of the raga forms through the vainika (veena) style that emphasizes gamakas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muthuswami Dikshitar is the 5,612th most popular writer (down from 5,218th in 2019), the 773rd most popular biography from India (down from 665th in 2019) and the 100th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 5,612 out of 7,302. Before him are Lőrinc Szabó, Riccardo Bacchelli, Mari Jungstedt, Keri Hulme, Ivan Dmitriev, and Jorge Icaza Coronel. After him are Irawati Karve, Ludwig Ganghofer, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Hendrik Marsman, Nirmal Verma, and Sam Houser.

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Among people born in 1775, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 50. Before him are Honoré Charles Reille, Karl Freiherr von Müffling, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, Carlo Porta, Pauline Auzou, and Francisco Ramón Vicuña. After him are Rana Bahadur Shah, Laura Secord, Baji Rao II, Tenskwatawa, and James Barbour. Among people deceased in 1835, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 35. Before him are Thomas Hardwicke, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito, Pauline Auzou, Andreas Miaoulis, and William Cobbett. After him are Kazimierz Brodziński, James Hogg, and Felicia Hemans.

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In India

Among people born in India, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 773 out of 1,861. Before him are Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Farida Jalal (1949), Shuja-ud-Daula (1732), Sharad Pawar (1940), Ekta Kapoor (1975), and S. Shankar (1963). After him are Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Nirmal Verma (1929), Isha Koppikar (1976), Ram Vilas Paswan (1946), Manilal Gandhi (1892), and K. Sivan (1957).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 100. Before him are Jayakanthan (1934), Bano Qudsia (1928), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Altaf Hussain Hali (1837), Swarnakumari Devi (1855), and Varsha Adalja (1940). After him are Nirmal Verma (1929), Anita Desai (1937), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), Roshanara Begum (1617), Ismat Chughtai (1915), and Fareed Zakaria (1964).

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