Mudra is the unique signature of a Carnatic music composer, which is woven into some or all of their respective compositions. Not all composers have mudras, and they do not necessarily relate to the composer's name.
Tallapaka Annamayya - VenkataPurandara Dasa - Purandara VitthalaKanaka Dasa - Kaginele Adi KeshavaTyagaraja - TyagarajaSyama Shastri - Syama KrishnaMuthuswami Dikshitar - GuruguhaSwati Tirunal - Padmanabha/PankajanabhaBhadrachala Ramadas - RamadasuPapanasam Sivan - RamadasanGopalakrishna Bharathi - GopalakrishnanHarikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar - HarikeshaNarayana Teertha - Narayana TeerthaPatnam Subramania Iyer - VenkateshwaraMysore Vasudevacharya - VasudevAMysore V Ramarathnam - rAmaM. D. Ramanathan - Varada dasaM. Balamuralikrishna - Hari and MuraliMaharajapuram Santhanam - MaharajanKoteeswara Iyer - Kavi Kunjara dasaKshetrayya - Muvva GopalaSadashiva Brahmendra swami - Paramahamsa