PaTnam Subramanya Aiyyar - He was born in 1845 in Tanjavur to Bharatham Vaidyanatha Iyer, his father. He hailed from a musical tradition: his grandfather was Bharatham Panchanada Sastry, the samasthana vidwan at the court of Serfoji II and his uncle Melatture Ganapati Sastrigal was also a vocalist and taught him music, along with Kothavasal Venkatarama Iyer and Manambucchavadi Venkatasubbaiyyar. Among his sishyas were Ramanathapuram (Poochi) Srinivasa Iyengar, Kakinada C.S. Krishnaswamy Iyer, G Narayanaswamy Iyer, Mysore Vasudevacharya, Guruswamy Iyer, Tiger Varadachariar, Muthialpet Sesha Iyer (known as Kulla Sesha Iyer), M.S. Ramaswamy Iyer, and Enadi Laksmi. He was the Asthana Vidwan to the Courts of Travancore, Mysore, Vijayanagaram and Ramanathapuram. He has composed over a 100 pieces, including tana and pada varnas, kritis, tillanas and javalis. He has set a pallavi to the Simhanandana Tala, the longest tala. He used the mudras Venkateswara, Adi Venkateswara, Varada Venkateswara, Sri Varada Venkateswara or Venkatesa. He is credited with the creation of the raaga Kathana Kuthuhalam. Famous for singing bEgaDa, he earned the name BEgaDa Subramanya Aiyyar. He died July 31st, 1902 in Tiruvayyar.

Mudra: VenkaTEsha

Compositions:

1. aa samayamunakEmi - saaranga
   
2. abhimaanamennaDu galgu raama - bEgaDa
   
3. aparaadhamulanniyu - lataangi
   
4. apuDu manasu (jaavali) - kamaas
   
5. bhajarE maanasa shree - suguNabhooshani
   
6. calamEla jEsEvu (varNa) - kIravANi
   
7. calamEla jEsEvu (varNam) - keeravaaNi
   
8. daari teliyaka (varNam) - darbaar
   
9. dAri teliyaka (varNa) - darbAr
   
10. dhanyuDevvaDO - malayamaarutam
    
11. dharalO nIvaNTi (tv) - shuddhatODi - Patnam Subramania Iyer
    
12. Emi sEtunE (varNa) - bhairavi
    
13. Emi sEtunE (varNam) - bhairavi
    
14. endukiTu capalamu - mandaari
    
15. ennaDu daya - baalahamsa
    
16. ennaDu neekrupa - vaacaspati
    
17. ennaDu nI krpa - vAcaspati
    
18. enta nErcina - saavEri
    
19. epuDu kripa galgunO - mukhaari
    
20. epuDu krpa galgunO - mukhAri
    
21. Era naapai (varNam) - tODi
    
22. Era nApai (varNa) - tODi
    
23. Era raaraa (jAvaLi) - kamaas
    
24. eTu namminaa - saavEri
    
25. evarEmi bOdhana (varNa) - shahAnA
    
26. evarEmi bOdhana (varNam) - sahaanaa
    
27. evari bOdhana (varNam) - aabhOgi
    
28. evarunnaaru - simhavaahini
    
29. garuDa gamana - nAgasvarALi
    
30. garuDagamana samayaamidE - naagaswaraavaLi
    
31. hara hara smara - mangaLakaishiki
    
32. idi nyaayamaa - maaLavi
    
33. ikanElanE (varNam) - poornacandrikaa
    
34. inka calamEla (varNa) - cakravAkam
    
35. inka calamEla (varNam) - cakravAkam
    
36. inka daya raalEdaa - cakravAkam
    
37. inta kaNTE - kannaDa
    
38. iTTivaaru lETiki - raamapriyaa
    
39. jalajaakshi ninne (varNam) - cakravAkam
    
40. jalajAkSa ninneDabAsi (tv) - hamsadhvani - also Manambuchavadi VEnkatasubbier
    
41. janmamenduku - malayamAruta
    
42. kanna taNDri nIvE - nArAyaNi
    
43. kanukoNTini (jAvaLi) - dEshyatODi
    
44. karuNincarA - husEni
    
45. karuNincuTakidE - sindhumandAri
    
46. kOrina varam-osagu - rAmapriyA
    
47. maguvarO nEDu (tv) - shahAnA
    
48. manasAvrtA - AbhOgi
    
49. manasETiki (varNa) - sAvEri
    
50. manasu karagudEmi - hamsadhvani
    
51. manasuna nera - bEgaDa
    
52. manavi cEkonavayya - sarasAngi
    
53. maracEdi nyAyamA - hamsadhvani
    
54. maraciTluNDEdi (varNa) - bEgaDa
    
55. maravakavE O manasaa - shyaamaa
    
56. marivErE dikkevarayyaa - shhanmugapriyaa
    
57. marivEre dikkevvaru - latAngi
    
58. nAdhru dhru (tillAnA) - sindhubhairavi
    
59. nannu brOva - bhairavam
    
60. nannubrOva raadaa - bhairavam
    
61. naravara raghunandana - maNirangu
    
62. nAyeDa nIkabhimAnamu - bEgaDa
    
63. nE jEsina - pUrNacandrikA
    
64. nee paadamulE - bhairavi
    
65. nenaru leni (varNa) - balahamsa
    
66. nera jANavani ninnu (tv) - bEgaDA - also Ponniah Pillai
    
67. nijadaasa varadaa - kalyaaNi
    
68. niluparAni (varNa) - shankarAbharaNa
    
69. ninnu jeppa - mandaari
    
70. ninnu jUci - saurAStra
    
71. ninnE kOriyunnAnu (tv) - gauLa
    
72. nIvE gatiyani - pUrNacandrikA
    
73. padarEdi meragAdurA (tv) - yadukulakAmbhOJi
    
74. pAlaya shrI - shankarAbharaNa
    
75. palukuTacE - phalamanjari
    
76. panca nadIsha - pUrNacandrikA
    
77. pancApakEshvarENa - rAmapriyA
    
78. parabrahmamu - kApinArAyaNi
    
79. paridaanamiccitE - bilahari
    
80. raamaa ika - sahaanaa
    
81. raghu vamsa - katanakutoohalam
    
82. raghuvamsha sudhAmbudhi - kadanakutUhala
    
83. samayamidE (javaLi) - behAg
    
84. samayamidE nannu brOva - kEdaaram
    
85. sAmi idi vELa (varNa) - kannaDa
    
86. sAmi nI vEga (varNa) - nATakuranji
    
87. sAmi ninnE kOriyunnadirA (varNa) - aThANA
    
88. sAmi ninnE kOrinAnu - nATa
    
89. sAmi nIpai (varNa) - nAgasvaravaLi
    
90. sankalpam eTTidO - kharaharapriyA
    
91. sarasIruhAnana - brndAvanasAranga
    
92. sarasuDa ninnE (varNa) - sAvEri
    
93. shrInivAsa nannu brOva (tv) - aThANA
    
94. shrI panca nadIsham - shahAnA
    
95. shrIkara raghuvIra - sarasvati
    
96. svAmiki sari - dEvagAndhAri
    
97. tAmasincu (varNa) - asAvEri
    
98. tillaanaa - kamaas
    
99. valaci vacci (varNa) - rAgamAlikA
    
100. varamiyyavayya - shuddhadhanyAsi
     
101. varamulosagi - keeravaaNi
     
102. varamulosagi - kIravANi
     
103. veruvanEla - shuddhabangALA
     
104. padarEdi meragAdurA (tv) - yadukulakAmbhOJi