Anandamrtakarshini (Amrtavarshini) : 'Oh Devi Amrteswari! I pray for rains (to relieve the misery of people in this drought-stricken area)'. Muthuswami Dikshitar's song brought in copious rains on his way to Ettayapuram.

Music & Dance Quizzies - 5

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 -
Ramaswami Dikshitar, Muthuswami Dikshitar -
Syama Sastrigal -
Bhadrachalam Ramadasa -
Bidaram Krisnappa -
Gopala Krishna Bharati -
Kanchipuram Naina Pillai -
Mysore T.Chowdiah -
Purandaradasa -
Bobbili Kesavayya -
Kanakadasa -
Annamacharya -
Kshetragna -
Siddhendra yogi -
Arunagirinathar -

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Information from A Garland by N.Rajagopalan 
Chatusra Jaathi Adi Taalam
The most widely used talam in Carnatic music. It has eight aksharams, one chatusra laghu and two druthams.
 
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