Sri Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma (April 16, 1813 - December 25, 1846) was the Maharaja of the state of Travancore, in India and the composer of Bhavayami Raghu Ramam. Besides being an able ruler, he was a patron of music and a musician himself. He encouraged both broad systems of Indian music, Hindustani and Carnatic music, though he was essentially a connoisseur of the Carnatic music tradition. He is credited with composing over 400 compositions in Carnatic music as well as Hindustani music. Some of his favourite compositions are Padmanabha Pahi, Deva Deva, Sarasijanabha and Sree Ramana Vibho.The king was fluent in a number of languages such as Malayalam, Sanskrit, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Tamil, Oriya and English.
Bala Kandam
Ayodhaya Kandam
Aranya Kandam
Kishkindha Kandam
Sundra Kandam
Yuddha Kandam