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Indian thoughts hover much around preceptors, initiation and the like. The world of Carnatic music is replete with eminent musicians being initiated by Yogis, some of which are :

Tyagaraja - by Narada
Ramaswami Dikshitar, Muthuswami Dikshitar - by Yatindra Chidambaranatha Yogi
Syama Sastrigal - by Yathi Sreshta & Sangita Swamigal
Bhadrachalam Ramadasa - by Yogi Bhakta kabirdas
Bidaram Krisnappa - by the Raghavendra Math, nanjangud
Gopala Krishna Bharati - by Govinda Sivan
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai - by Kumaraguru alias Paripurnananda
Mysore T.Chowdiah - by Sri vidyakantachar
Purandaradasa - by Rajaguru Sri Vyasaraya
Bobbili Kesavayya - by Narasimha Yogi
Kanakadasa - by Rajaguru Sri Vyasaraya
Annamacharya - by Saint Gana Vishnu
Kshetragna - by Lord Gopala
Siddhendra yogi - by Lord Sri Rajagopalaswami (like Kalidasa)
Arunagirinathar - by Lord Subramanya (Karthikeya)