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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 and veena player, and a composer of Indian classical music, who is considered one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music. Muthuswami Dikshitar was born on 24 March 1776 in Tiruvarur near Thanjavur, in what is now the state of Tamil Nadu in India, to a family that is traditionally traced back to Virinichipuram in the northern boundaries of the state. His compositions, of which around 500 are known and are noted for their elaborate, poetic descriptions of Hindu gods / temples and for capturing the essence of the raga forms through the vainika (veena) style that emphasises gamakas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muthuswami Dikshitar has received more than 552,755 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Muthuswami Dikshitar is the 5,218th most popular writer (down from 4,790th in 2019), the 665th most popular biography from India (down from 552nd in 2019) and the 101st most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 5,218 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodora Kroeber, Natalya Baranskaya, Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, Serhiy Zhadan, Édouard Chavannes, and Göran Tunström. After him are Bob Shaw, William F. Buckley Jr., George Crabbe, Fatos Kongoli, Ralph Giordano, and Jacob van Maerlant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 50. Before him are Anna Harrison, Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Baji Rao II, Pauline Auzou, William Thompson, and Francisco Ramón Vicuña. After him are Carlo Porta, Rana Bahadur Shah, Laura Secord, Tenskwatawa, and James Barbour. Among people deceased in 1835, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 31. Before him are Andreas Miaoulis, Rain-in-the-Face, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito, Alexander McDonnell, and Pauline Auzou. After him are Wenzel Müller, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, James Hogg, Thomas Hardwicke, Kazimierz Brodziński, and William Cobbett.

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In India

Among people born in India, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 665 out of 1,861. Before him are Venkaiah Naidu (1949), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Asha Parekh (1942), Anandiben Patel (1941), and Dimple Kapadia (1957). After him are Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Basawan (1560), Balasaraswati (1918), Nalini Bala Devi (1898), Roshanara Begum (1617), and Shrilal Shukla (1925).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 101. Before him are Swarnakumari Devi (1855), Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), Pratibha Ray (1944), Amitav Ghosh (1956), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), and Ismat Chughtai (1915). After him are Nalini Bala Devi (1898), Roshanara Begum (1617), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Anita Desai (1937), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), and Javed Akhtar (1945).

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