Name Neelakanta Sivan Role Composer | Died 1900, Thiruvananthapuram | |
Similar People Papanasam Sivan, Gopalakrishna Bharati, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Patnam Subramania Iyer, Swathi Thirunal Rama Va | ||
Nava sidhdhi petralum neelakanta sivan
Neelakanta Sivan (1839–1900) was a composer of Carnatic music. Although he did not receive any formal musical training, his compositions exhibit deep technical brilliance. Neelakanta Sivan was born in 1839 at Vadiveeswaram, a part of Nagercoil, he stayed at Padmanabhapuram, the capital of the old Travancore. His father, Subramanya Iyer, was an official in Neelakantaswamy temple at Padmanabhapuram. His mother was Alagammal.
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He worked as a village magistrate for a few years and left this profession to take up religious practices.
The songs Sambo Mahadeva Saranam (raga Bowli); Ananda nadamaaduvaar Thillai ambalam thannil (Purvikalyani); Enraikku Sivakirupai varumo (Mukaari) Enna vanthalum naan unnai marapathillai (Kambhoji); Oru naal orupozhuthakilum Sivanai ucharikka venum (Kamas); Vaa vaa kalaimathi (Shankarabharanam); Oraru Mugane (Reetigowla); Kadaikkan paaraiyya (Darbar); and Sivanai ninai- thu thuthi paadikkol maname (Kambhoji) are very popular songs in Tamil.
Some of his compositions are Enraikku shiva krpai (mukhaari) and Shambho mahaadeva (bowli).