Ashok Madhav - A contemporary composer of Carnatic music, he currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He has composed kritis in Sanskrit, Telugu, Tamil, and KannaDa, and has to his credit a set of 72-melakartha kritis (1 in each melakarta) that has been published in book form as "Melakartha Ganamalika" (1977). The book was given a wonderful review by Sruti magazine. In addition, he has composed several other kritis in janya ragas including tillanas, a varnam and ragamalikas. His compositions have been rendered by various artists including TR.Subramanian, SR.Janakiraman, TK.Govinda Rao, Tanjavur Kalyanaraman, TV.Sankaranarayanan, OS Thyagarajan, Malladi brothers, MS Sheela, Sukanya Prabhakar, RN.Sreelatha, S.Sowmya, Raji Gopalakrishnan, Neyyatinkara Mohana Chandran, Pemmaraju Surya Rao, Srikanth Chary and others like Raju Soundararajan, R.Manian, Seethalakshmi Madhavan, Sujana Mulukutlaveena, Sudha Raghunathan, and others. He is also responsible for creating the raga "hamsa kalyaaNi," a combination of hamsadwani and kalyaaNi. He has been active in the Carnatic music world, with many articles and compilations of works by great artists.

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Compositions:

1. abhAgi nAnalla - AbhOgi
   
2. Adi nAyakIm - jyOtisvarUpiNi
   
3. amba yuvati - mAyAmALavagauLa
   
4. anbu vellamE - shubhapantuvaraaLi
   
5. aravainda nayanam - AndOLikA
   
6. aruL taruvAi shrI - hEmavati
   
7. banda krSNa - dEs
   
8. bAramma hOgaNA - yadukulakAmbhoji
   
9. bhaagyavati neenE hari manOhari - maanD
   
10. bhaja mAnasa - kAntAmaNi
    
11. bhajAmi manasA - sindhurAmakriyA
    
12. bhajAmyaham satatam - hamsakalyANi
    
13. bhajana sEyu - simhEndramadhyam
    
14. bhajarE rE shrIman - suraTi
    
15. bhajEham shrI - guhamanOhari
    
16. bhuvanEshvari brhannAyakI - bhavapriyA
    
17. bhuvanEshvarIm - tAnarUpi
    
18. cAmuNDEshvari shankari - sArangamallAr
    
19. cancalAdEvIm lakSmIm - calanATa
    
20. candrashEkharam - rAgavardhani
    
21. candravadani sundaravENi - hamIrkalyANi
    
22. cintayAmi sadA - citrAmbari
    
23. citrambAlanai - darbAr
    
24. dayai purivAi - AndOLikA
    
25. dayAkarI gaurI - dhEnuka
    
26. dayatO nannElu - darbAr
    
27. dEhi tava pAda bhaktim - sAlaga
    
28. dEva kumAri - dEvamanOhari
    
29. dEvI ninadu padamE - kAmavardhani
    
30. dharalO ninu - dharmavati
    
31. dhavaLAmbarIm vANIm - dhavalAmbari
    
32. dhIm dhIm dhIm dhIm (tillAnA) - hamsavinOdini
    
33. dhyAnam sheidu - dhanyAsi
    
34. eDa kAlanu - candrakauns
    
35. enda nEramum - latAntapriyA
    
36. ennA nI kAya - durgA
    
37. enta bhAramu - jayantashri
    
38. eppuDu nI daya - harikAmbOji
    
39. Ezhu malai - vijayanAgari
    
40. gajavadana vighna - gauLa
    
41. gAna mADuta - gamanAshrama
    
42. gAnalOla muraLIdhara - gAyakapriyA
    
43. gOpAla bAlam - kannaDa
    
44. harE rAmacandra - pahADi
    
45. hari dhyAnamE - madhyamAvati
    
46. hari nAma hari nAma - janasammOdini
    
47. hari nArAyaNa - Athana
    
48. harihara suta - tilang
    
49. illai iddharaNiyil - hamsanaadam
    
50. iNai yAr unakku - gaurimanOhari
    
51. inaiyar unakku uNDO - gowri manOhari
    
52. inda mAya jAlam - valaji
    
53. innamum nI ennai - pUrvikalyANi
    
54. innu yAtekE samshaya - hindOLa
    
55. inta kaSTamEmi - mALavi
    
56. jagadIshvara mAm pAhi - pUrvikalyANi
    
57. jagelara janakaja - aabhEri
    
58. jAnakI vallabham - sAma
    
59. jAnakIkAnta jagannAtha - madhuvanti
    
60. jayati jayati jaya shankara - niroshTa
    
61. kai viDalAgAdu - jOnpuri
    
62. kAmakOTi vihAriNi - gAngEyabhUSaNi
    
63. kamala nayanam - vakuLAbharaNa
    
64. kanakamaya bhUSaNi - kanakAngi
    
65. kAraNam EmammA - sArangatarangiNi
    
66. karOmi smaraNam - harikAmbhOji
    
67. karuNa ennadu - bEgaDa
    
68. karuNA sAgara - varuNapriyA
    
69. kAruNya mUrti - kApi
    
70. kAvavE bangAru - manOranjani
    
71. krSNam vandE - shyAmalAngi
    
72. krSNana nODade - shuddhasArang
    
73. kuzhal Udum en - bAgEshrI
    
74. lakSmIramaNAya - kuntalavarALi
    
75. mA jAnaki ramaNa - nATakuranji
    
76. mA ramaNa rAma - rAmapriyA
    
77. mahAdEva sutam - nAgasvarAvaLi
    
78. mahEshvaram namAmi - hATakAmbari
    
79. malarpAdamE mAlmaruganE - citrambari
    
80. mAm dEhi vara - naTabhairavi
    
81. mAmava mInAkSi - latAngi
    
82. mangaLa pradAyini - kAntAmaNI
    
83. mAtE jaganmOhini - ranjani
    
84. mInAkSi shrI - bahudAri
    
85. murugaa murugaa enru - dwijaavanti
    
86. nAdasudhAkAram - gAnamUrti
    
87. nAdirdhIm nAdirdhIm (t) - nAgasvarAvaLi
    
88. namAmi anisham - dhAtuvardhani
    
89. namAmi madurApura - shaktirUpiNi
    
90. namAmyaham shrI - nalinakAnti
    
91. namba bAradE - kalyANi
    
92. nAmIda dayalEdA - sucaritra
    
93. namipe namma - jhinjhOTi
    
94. nannu maravakurA - kOshala
    
95. naraharIm nArAyaNam - kalyANi
    
96. narasimha dEvi - nAsikAbhUSaNI
    
97. nArAyaNam bhaja - kuntalavarALi
    
98. nee vara solla - shree ranjani
    
99. neevE maa dhanamu - mandaari
    
100. nI kamala pAda - shuddhasAvEri
     
101. nI pAdamE gatiyani - rUpavati
     
102. nidam unai - rAgamAlikA
     
103. ninna pAda - gavAmbhOdi
     
104. ninne veDu - mukhaari
     
105. nIraja nayani - ratipatipriyA
     
106. nIrajAkSa rAmA - ranjani
     
107. niranjanIm karuNAranjanIm - karNaranjani
     
108. nIvE bhuvilO - shahAnA
     
109. nIvE mA dhanamu - mandAri
     
110. nIvE mAtalli nArAyaNi - nAdabrahma
     
111. pAhi jagat vallabha - kAmbhOji
     
112. pAhi mAm shrI jaganmohini - jaganmOhini
     
113. pAhi mAm shrI mahAlakSmi - amrtavarSiNi
     
114. pAhimAm shrI cAmuNDEshvari - rAgamAlikA
     
115. pAlayashumAm - latAngi
     
116. pannagEndra shAyinam - divyamaNi
     
117. para shAmbhavi - hamsavinOdini
     
118. paradEvatE nItimati - nItimati
     
119. paradEvatE parAshakti - vijayanAgari
     
120. parama dayALa - hanumatODi
     
121. parama pAvani padma - pAvani
     
122. paramAnanda bhairavi - Anandabhairavi
     
123. paramAtma ninna pAdava - nAgAnandini
     
124. paramEshvara manOhari - bhavAni
     
125. parAtparA Emi - garuDadhvani
     
126. parimaLa pArijAta - shahAna
     
127. patita pAvana - behAg
     
128. pAvana mUrtim - yAgapriya
     
129. praNavAkara gaNapatim - hamsadvani
     
130. pughal EdayyA - khamAs
     
131. rAjarAjEshvari mAmava - shUlini
     
132. raksha maam chaaya ranjani - caayaranjani
     
133. rAmacandram bhaja - kOsala
     
134. rAvamma nannu - pashupatipriyA
     
135. sadAshiva kumArAya - kOkilapriyA
     
136. sAmagAna priya - shuddhadhanyAsi
     
137. sangIta guruniki - bilahari
     
138. sannuta shrI - mAnavati
     
139. sannutAnga shrI - kAnaDA
     
140. sAranga gadApANim - sAranga
     
141. sArasadaLa nEtri - sarasAngi
     
142. sarOja mukhim - gaurimanOhari
     
143. shaila rAjakumArIm - vishvAmbhari
     
144. shakti hastam - ratnAngi
     
145. shakti shankaran - shivaranjani
     
146. shakti shUlam - shankarAbharaNa
     
147. shambhO shankara - shankarAbharaNa
     
148. shambhu shankari - kIravANi
     
149. shankara kumAram - jhAlavarALi
     
150. shankara mahAdEva - jhankAradhvani
     
151. shankari mAtE - nAmanArAyaNi
     
152. shAradE vishAlAkSi - dharmavati
     
153. sharaNAgati enru - kharaharapriyA
     
154. sharaNam anucu - dhanyAsi
     
155. sharaNam sharaNam - tilang
     
156. sharaNam tava - SaDvidhamArgiNi
     
157. shiva shakti ninnu - shivashakti
     
158. shiva shaktiyutam - mAraranjani
     
159. shrI mahA prabhum - navarasakannaDA
     
160. shrI rama nAmam - kadanakutUhala
     
161. shrI vaikuNTha - bhairavi
     
162. shrI venkaTEsham sadA - kEdAragauLa
     
163. shrIman nArAyaNa - navarasakannaDa
     
164. shumbAsura mardhani - shubhapantuvarALi
     
165. smarAmi raghuvaram - simhEndramadhyam
     
166. smarAmi shrIdharam - navanIta
     
167. smarAmyaham sadA - rasikapriyA
     
168. sOma bimba - hEmavati
     
169. surapatim santatam - sEnAvati
     
170. sUryakula mUrtIm - sUrya
     
171. taamadam enduku - caarukEshi
     
172. tAmasam enduku - cArukEsi
     
173. tAraka nAma - bahudAri
     
174. tirumAl marugA - bhUSAvaLi
     
175. tyAgarAja svAminam - raghupriyA
     
176. umA maindanE - SaNmukhapriyA
     
177. umA vallabham - mOhana
     
178. umApati vinuta - vakuLAbharaNa
     
179. un tiruvaDiyE aDaindEn - gowDamalhaar
     
180. vAgadIshvari dEvi - vAgadIshvari
     
181. vandannai aruL taa - sudda saavEri
     
182. vandE sadAshivam - riSabhapriyA
     
183. vandE shrI - nAgasvarAvaLi
     
184. vandEham jagad vallabham - suvarNAngi
     
185. vandEham sadA - vanaspati
     
186. vandEham vandEham - shhanmugapriyaa
     
187. vandennai aruL - shuddasAvEri
     
188. vandisuve gOvinda - sAranga
     
189. vandu enai aruL - sunAdavinOdini
     
190. vANIm sarasvatIm (varNa) - gambhIranATa
     
191. varadarAja krpAnidhE - cakravAka
     
192. varadE himAdri - sUryakAnta
     
193. varagaLa koDuva - Arabhi
     
194. varam dEhi mAm - vAcaspati
     
195. varam tandaruLvAi - vandanadhAriNi
     
196. vAraNa vadanam - shrIranjani
     
197. vAsanai ninai - karnaranjani
     
198. vasudEva sutam - nATakapriyA
     
199. venkaTEsha vara - janaranjani
     
200. venkaTEsham namAmi - mOhanakalyANi
     
201. vindaigaL pala - jhinjOTi
     
202. yAdavakula dEvam - mandAri