Every composer dedicates most of their compositions to their favourite deity or God. Lord Krshna has evidently been the favourite deity of this brilliant vaaggeyakara, who is said to have gotten inspired by Lord Krshna's benevolent glance as mentioned in his composition – guru padaaravinda komalam (Abhogi).
paarvai onrile vilainda bhaagyamidu yaarukkumidu aridaanadu parimala sad (guru padaaravinda)
"I was singularly fortunate to obtain all this knowledge through the benevolent glance of my guru."
The intimacy and extreme devotion that he had for Lord Krshna can be easily observed by studying the huge variety of compositions that he has composed on him and the intricate details shared in his operas as well as one-off compositions on the Lord. Having spent most of his childhood in Mannargudi and a major part of his life in Oottukkadu, Venkata Kavi refers to the Kalinga nartana Krshna (dancing lord) in many of his compositions, almost like a secondary signature.
He has composed an entire opera based on the story of the Bhaagavatam starting with the Devaki-Vasudeva wedding and ending with the Krshna-Rukmani wedding. Many of the songs such as Aadaadu ashangaadu, Ashaindaadum mayil onru, Taaye yashoda belong to this opera.
Apart from the popular pieces on Lord Krshna such as Alaippaayude (Kanada), Paal vadiyum mukham (Nattaikkuranji), Svaagatam krshna (Mohanam), Pullaai piravi tara vendum (Chenchurutti), there are many other rare and exquisite pieces on Lord Krshna such as Ennadaan inbam kandaayo (Devagandhari), Eppadittaan en ullam (Neelambari), Ippadiyum or pillai (Ragamalika) that have been composed with stupendous imagination.
Here is a list of compositions on Lord Krshna covering a gamut of ragas and talas.
S no | Composition | Raga | Tala |
1 | Ābheera balla | Sāvēri | Ādi |
2 | Āḍādu ashangādu | Madhyamāvati | Ādi |
3 | Ādi ashaindu | Ābhōgi | Ādi |
4 | Āḍinān mādhavan | Nāṭṭai | Ādi |
5 | Āḍinān narttanam āḍinān | Pantuvarāḷi | Ādi |
6 | Ādiyoru kālamadil | Gowrimanōhari | Ādi |
7 | Āḍum varai | Husēni | Roopakam |
8 | Āgāma Rājagōpāla | Kēdāram | Khaṇḍa Chāpu |
9 | Aḷḷudē manam | Suraṭi | Ādi |
10 | Aridu aridu | Maṇirangu | Ādi |
11 | Aruḷāḷan | Shankarābharaṇam | Mishra Chāpu |
12 | Ati nirupama | Pantuvarāḷi | Ādi (tishra gati) |
13 | Āyiram āyiram gōpiyarhaḷ | Chārukēshi | Ādi |
14 | Ayyan allavō | Dēvamanōhari | Ādi |
15 | Ayyan karuṇai | Tōḍi | Mishra Chāpu |
16 | Āzhāzhi neela | Ārabhi | Ādi |
17 | Bālasarasa muralee | Keeravāṇi | Ādi |
18 | Bhaja Bhajarē | Kalyāṇi | Ādi |
19 | Bhaktar perumaiyē | Nāṭṭaikkuranji | Ādi |
20 | Bhuvana mōha | Dhanyāshi | Ādi |
21 | Chāmarōpachāra | Shuddhasāvēri | Ādi |
22 | Champakāraṇyē | Kharaharapriya | Ādi |
23 | Chōra chāturya leela | Gowḷa | Ādi |
24 | Dāmōdara vaibhavam | Dēvamanōhari | Ādi |
25 | Enda vidattālum | Kānaḍā | Ādi |
26 | Ennadān inbam | Dēvagāndhāri | Ādi |
27 | Eppadittān en uḷḷam | Neelāmbari | Ādi |
28 | Ettanai kēṭṭālum | Bhairavi | Ādi |
29 | Gānam krṣhṇa gānam | Khamāch | Ādi |
30 | Gaṇayāmi satatam | Bēgaḍa | Khaṇḍa Tripuṭa |
31 | Gōkula teruvinilē | Chenchurutti | Ādi |
32 | Gōpakumārā | Aṭhāṇā | Roopakam |
33 | Idu oru tiramāmō | Bēgaḍa | Ādi |
34 | Iḷa mukham kāṭṭi | Bēgaḍa | Ādi |
35 | Inda vazhi pōha vēṇḍām | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi |
36 | Innamudāna | Mukhāri | Ādi |
37 | Innum ninaittālum kaṇṇan | Keeravāṇi | Ādi |
38 | Jaganmōhana sundarānga | Mōhanam | Ādi |
39 | Jagatāmabhirāma | Kanakavasanta | Ādi |
40 | Jagatu rāma | Malayamārutam | Ādi |
41 | Kāḷinga narttana prabhāvam | ||
42 | Kaḷḷamē aṛiyāda | Amrtavarṣhiṇi | Ādi |
43 | Kāminee kēḷi lōla | Nāttaikkuranji | Ādi |
44 | Kaṇṇai tirandu pār manamē | Bilahari | Ādi |
45 | Kannāzhi alai parava | Kēdāram | Khaṇḍa Ēkam |
46 | Kathaya Kathaya | Suraṭi | Ādi |
47 | Kiḍaikkumō kiḍaikkādō | Punnāgavarāḷi | Ādi |
48 | Koḍuttu vaitta puṇṇiyavān | Nāṭṭaikkuranji | Ādi |
49 | Kōṭi janmāni | Reetigowḷa | Mishra Chāpu |
50 | Kṣhaṇamēva | Bhoopāḷam | Ādi |
51 | Kṣhaṇattinil āhādō | Nādanāmakriya | Ādi |
52 | Kunṛin mēliṭṭa deepam | Kāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
53 | Lāli rājagōpālā | Dēvamanōhari | Ādi |
54 | Lōla gōpa bāla | Bhairavi | Ādi |
55 | Madanānga mōhana | Khamāch | Ādi |
56 | Madhura Madhura | Aṭhāṇā | Ādi |
57 | Mahāshaya hrdaya | Ābhōgi | Ādi |
58 | Manadukkiniya | Nāṭṭaikkuranji | Ādi |
59 | Maṇi noopura dhāri | Neelāmbari | Ādi |
60 | Manjanam āḍa nee | Reetigowḷa | Ādi |
61 | Marakata maṇimaya chēla | Ārabhi | Ādi |
62 | Mun sheida tava payanē | Bowḷi | Ādi |
63 | Mundi varum | Bhairavi | Mishra Chāpu |
64 | Muraḷeedhara | Shree | Ādi |
65 | Muttukrṣhṇa | Chenchurutti | Ādi |
66 | Nāda muraḷi | Hameerkalyāṇi | Ādi |
67 | Nāga naṭanamāḍum | Bilahari | Roopakam |
68 | Nanda nandana gōpa | Kāpi | Ādi |
69 | Nanda sukumāra | Darbār | Mishra Chāpu |
70 | Naṭavara taruṇee | Kannaḍagowḷa | Ādi (tishra gati) |
71 | Navaneeta tāṇḍavākāram | Mangaḷakaishiki | Ādi |
72 | Neela malar | Vasanta | Ādi |
73 | Neela mēgha shyāma | Khamāch | Roopakam |
74 | Neelajeemuta | Ārabhi | Ādi |
75 | Neelavānam pōl | Chindu | Mishra Chāpu |
76 | Neerada sama | Jayantashree | Ādi |
77 | Ninṛanda mayil onṛu | Nāṭṭai | Khaṇḍa Ekam |
78 | Ninṛingu unnaruḷ | Bilahari | Ādi |
79 | Niravadhika bhuvana | Harikāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
80 | Oyyāra kaṇṇaṇ | Māḷavam | |
81 | Oyyāramāha yamunai | Sāranga | Ādi |
82 | Pada sēvana | Deeparam | Ādi |
83 | Pāḍavum tuṇivu | Dhanyāsi | Ādi |
84 | Pāl vaḍiyum mukham | Nāṭṭaikkuranji | Ādi |
85 | Paravāsudēvam | Mandāri | Ādi |
86 | Poruḷāi iruppēnō | Yadukulakāmbhōdhi | Ādi |
87 | Prēma svaroopa | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi |
88 | Pullāi piṛavi tara vēṇḍum | Chenchurutti | Ādi |
89 | Puruṣha rājam | Nāṭṭai | Ādi |
90 | Rādhē krṣhṇam | Husēni | Ādi |
91 | Rādhika prāṇa nāyaka | Kuntalavarāḷi | Ādi |
92 | Rāga rasānanda | Hamsageervāṇi | Ādi |
93 | Rāja rāja gōpāla | Mānji | Ādi |
94 | Rāja rājagōpāla | Yadukulakāmbhōdhi | Khaṇḍa Chāpu |
95 | Rāja yōga abhinayam | Kēdāragowḷa | Roopakam |
96 | Rajata vainitaka | Kēdāragowḷa/Chhāyātarangiṇi | Ādi |
97 | Rājeeva nayana | Darbār | Ādi |
98 | Ramaṇeeya lāvaṇya | Mukhāri | Ādi |
99 | Rāsa kēḷi vilāsa | Kharaharapriya | Ādi |
100 | Rāsa lōka vaibhōga | Tōḍi | Ādi |
101 | Rāsa maṇḍalam | Ārabhi | Ādi |
102 | Rasika mahōttama | Sarasāngi | Mishra Chāpu |
103 | Rundra bāla | Nāṭṭaikkuranji | Ādi |
104 | Sarasa guṇa ratna | Sāmā | Ādi |
105 | Satya sankalpa | Navarōj | Ādi |
106 | Satyam param dheemahi | Shankarābharaṇam | Ādi |
107 | Sharaṇam gōpa bāla | Maṇirangu | Mishra Chāpu |
108 | Shata kōṭi manmatha | Ānandabhairavi | Ādi |
109 | Sholli kaḷippōm | Kuntalavarāḷi | Ādi |
110 | Sholli kiḍaittadē | Chenchurutti | Ādi |
111 | Sundara nanda kumāra | Madhyamāvati | Ādi |
112 | Svāmi umakku | Mōhanam | Ādi |
113 | Taruṇa māmuhil | Ārabhi | Ēkam |
114 | Tavamonṛum aṛiyāda | Gowrimanōhari | Ādi |
115 | Tillānā | Suraṭi | Ādi |
116 | Tillānā | Sindhubhairavi | Ādi |
117 | Tillānā | Gambheeranāṭṭai | Ādi |
118 | Tillānā | Puraneermai | Ādi |
119 | Udaja gōpa sundara | Umābharaṇam | Ādi |
120 | Uruhāda manam | Tōḍi | Ādi |
121 | Vanajalōchana | Kharaharapriya | Jhampa |
122 | Vanamāli svāgatam | Nāṭṭaikkuranji | Ādi |
123 | Vandē aruḷa vēṇum | Shreeranjani | Ādi |
124 | Vandē nanda soonum | Kannaḍamāruvam | Ādi |
125 | Vandu aruḷa | Shreeranjani | Ādi |
126 | Vandu ninṛan | Simhēndramadhyamam | Ādi |
127 | Vāri vihāri | Kuntalavarāḷi | Ādi |
128 | Varnikka tiṛanillayē | Nāyaki | Ādi |
129 | Vāsudēvāya | Shahānā | Ādi |
130 | Vayyam aḷandu | Nādanāmakriya | Mishra Chāpu |
131 | Veḷḷi nilavinilē | Aṭhāṇā | Roopakam |
132 | Vēṇu gāna ramaṇa | Tōḍi | Mishra Chāpu |
133 | Viharati mama | Aṭhāṇā | Ādi |
134 | Vijayasē vijayasē | Sarasvati | Ādi |
135 | Vijayatē gōvindaha | Asāvēri | Mishra Chāpu |
136 | Viṭa samavara | Vasanta | Ādi |
137 | Yamuneeya | Ānandabhairavi | Khaṇḍa Tripuṭa |
138 | Yārenna shonnālum | Maṇirangu | Ādi |
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