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