| • Science | • People | • Locations | • Timeline |
| Indian classical music | |
|---|---|
| Carnatic music | |
| Composers | |
| Purandara Dasa | |
| The Trimurti | |
| Tyagaraja | |
| Muthuswami Dikshitar | |
| Syama Sastri | |
| Ootukkadu Venkata Kavi | |
| Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma | |
| Mysore Sadashiva Rao | |
| Patnam Subramania Iyer | |
| Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar | |
| Papanasam Sivan | |
| Singers | |
| M.S. Subbulakshmi | |
| Hindustani music | |
| Concepts | |
| Sruti | |
| Raga | |
| Melakarta | |
| Katapayadi sankhya | |
| Swara | |
| Tala | |
| Mudra |
Besides being an able ruler, he was a patron of music and a musician by himself. He encouraged both the broad systems of Indian music, Hindustani and Carnatic music. Though he was essentially a connoisseur of the carnatic music tradition.
He is said to have written and composed songs in different languages and ragas. Some of his favorite compositions are Padmanabha Pahi, Deva Deva, Sarasijanabha, etc. His compositions are sung during the Dusshera season, at Kuthiramalika in the Fort at Trivandrum near Padmanabha Swamy Temple.