Koteeswara iyer biography of mahatma

Popularly known as Kavi Kunjara Dasan, Koteeswara Iyer was the grandson (daughter’s son) of the great poet and vaggeyakara, Kavi Kunjara Bharati, whose name was also Koteeswaran, named after the presiding deity, Koteeswara Lingam, of Mavoor in which he was born.

Kavi Kunjara Bharati's forefathers were in Tirunelveli, but after some time they were invited by the Raja of Ramnad, Hiranyagarbha Tirumalai Setupati, to come and settle in Perunkarai, a village in Ramnad district.

Koteeswara iyer biography of mahatma

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They were all well- versed in the Vedas, Sastras, Mantras, Sanskrit and Tamil. The king honoured the young Koteeswaran with the title Kavi Kunjara Bharati.

Since Koteeswara Iyer lost his father while he was young, his grandfather, Kavi Kunjara Bharati, brought him under his tutelage.

He taught him music, Sanskrit and Tamil. Later on, he learnt the finer aspects of music from Patnam Subramanya Iyer and Ramanathapuram Srinivasa Iyengar. He completed his degree (BA) in Tiruchirapalli and accepted a job a