Career
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. Vaidyanatha Iyer was born in the village of Viyacheri in the Thanjavur districts of Tamil Nadu.
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).
He composed mainly in Telugu and Tamil and used the mudra "Guhadasa". Some of his famous compositions are Pahimam Srirajarajeswari (Janaranjani) and Neekela dayaradu (Sarasangi).
