Anai Ayya
Anai Ayya - These are really two brothers named Anai Aiyar and Ayyavaiyer. They were patronized by the Tanjavur Marattha king Serfoji III (1800-1832). Well versed in music and scholars in the southern languages, they hail from a small village near Tanjavur called Vaiyacheri. Anai Ayya's cousins were Doraisvami Iyer who was the father of Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer. They almost always sang as a pair. Their compositions carry the mudra Umadasa since they were worshippers of Devi. Along with songs praising the dieties Mangalambika of Vaiyecheri and Dharmasamvardhani of Tiruvaiyaru, they also composed songs on God Agastishvara and Pranatartihara. A few of the songs deal in philosophical subjects like jnana and vairagya. Invariably the songs are in Telugu and Tamil. The ragas that they used were the popular ones but they favored the roopaka tala. Some of their well-known songs are Intaparaka in naadanaamakriyaa, Bhajana seyave in kEdaaram and Amba nannu brovave in tODi, Mahima teliya tarama inshankaraabharaNam and Parakela bala in reeti gowLa.
Compositions of Anai ayya
ChandrashEkharA - Sindu Bhairavi
varmamaa enmeedhil - Saaveri
varmamaa enmeedhil
raagam: saavEri
15 maayamaaLava gowLa janya
Aa: S R1 M1 P D1 S
Av: S N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
taaLam: roopakam
Composer: Anai Ayya
pallavi
varmamA enmIdil dharmasamvardhani Ishvari
(varmamA)
anupallavi
karmam vilakkum nirmala shiva-kAraNi ennai kAkka innamum
(varmamA)
caraNam 1
anju vayadu mudalAyunadu kanja malar padam tani yAn
tanjamenrE anji tudikkum nenjam arindum
konjiDum sukham ozhiyAyinda vancakam sheivadenna nyAyam
panca nadIsharkkughanda pancAkSari karuNai pozhiya
(varmamA)
caraNam 2
shen shaDaiyinil pinju matiyum nenjil koDu nanjaNindiDum
shen shol madhurattamizh vAkkaruL sabyEsharkku rANimAnE
shen shilamboli minjiyadAl konjum en mozhi kETTilaiyO
en sholluvEn un carittiram en shollai kETTaruL innamum
(varmamA)
caraNam 3
manjaDar tennam shOlaiyum kanja malarttadDavAviyum
manjaL kadali inji mAtturunji pilAkkaniyum
ranjitamA Ongumenga-Lanju nadikkarashAgiya
vanci umAdAsan tudikkum sanjIvi aparanji innamum
(varmamA)
raagam: saavEri
15 maayamaaLava gowLa janya
Aa: S R1 M1 P D1 S
Av: S N3 D1 P M1 G3 R1 S
taaLam: roopakam
Composer: Anai Ayya
pallavi
varmamA enmIdil dharmasamvardhani Ishvari
(varmamA)
anupallavi
karmam vilakkum nirmala shiva-kAraNi ennai kAkka innamum
(varmamA)
caraNam 1
anju vayadu mudalAyunadu kanja malar padam tani yAn
tanjamenrE anji tudikkum nenjam arindum
konjiDum sukham ozhiyAyinda vancakam sheivadenna nyAyam
panca nadIsharkkughanda pancAkSari karuNai pozhiya
(varmamA)
caraNam 2
shen shaDaiyinil pinju matiyum nenjil koDu nanjaNindiDum
shen shol madhurattamizh vAkkaruL sabyEsharkku rANimAnE
shen shilamboli minjiyadAl konjum en mozhi kETTilaiyO
en sholluvEn un carittiram en shollai kETTaruL innamum
(varmamA)
caraNam 3
manjaDar tennam shOlaiyum kanja malarttadDavAviyum
manjaL kadali inji mAtturunji pilAkkaniyum
ranjitamA Ongumenga-Lanju nadikkarashAgiya
vanci umAdAsan tudikkum sanjIvi aparanji innamum
(varmamA)