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Tyagaraja was born in 1767 in Tiruvarur , Tiruvarur district , in what is now called Tamil Nadu , to Kakarla Ramabrahmam and Sitamma in a Telugu Brahmin family of the Mulukanadu subsect. [1] He was named Tyagaraja, after Lord Tyagaraja , the presiding deity of the temple at Tiruvarur . Tyagaraja was born at his maternal grandfather Giriraja Kavi 's house. Giriraja Kavi was a poet-composer in the court of the king of Thanjavur . Giriraja was born in Kakarla village, Cumbum taluk in Kurnool district (AP). By K.N.Subramanyam.    Tyagaraja began his musical training under Sri Sonthi Ramanayya , a noted music scholar, at an early age. He regarded music as a way to experience God's love. His objective while practising music was purely devotional, as opposed to focusing on the technicalities of classical music. He also showed a flair for composing music and, in his teens, composed his first song Namo Namo Raghavayya in the Desika Todi ragam and inscribed it on