Muthuswami Dikshitar

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What Wikipedia says

Muthuswami Dikshitar (24 March 1776–21 October 1835; IAST: muttusvāmi dīkṣitar; also known as Mudduswamy Dikshitar and, mononymously, as Dikshitar, and sometimes Guruguha), was a South Indian Hindu poet, singer, veena player, and prolific composer of Indian classical music.

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