Kurainadu Natesa Pillai 1830-1925

He was the son of Kurainadu Ramaswami Pillai , a student of Muttusvami Dikshitar and was a polyglot and an expert in Bharatha shastra. He switched to Nagasvaram when he was thirty and started learning under his father in law Tiruvizhandur Subrahmanya Pillai, and also under Kottai subbaraya Pillai and Injikkudi Kumara pillai.He was an expert in Playing pallavi.He could change the talas of a pallavi set in one tala to another. He has composed about 116 tanavarnas in Telugu. He also set the music for the temple of Tiruvizhandoor Parimalaranga natha temple. Based on this he also set the repertoire for the Tillai temple at Chidambaram.Among his students were Chidambaram Vaidyanatha Pillai , known famously as 'Pallavi Surangam' and Injikkudi Pichaikkannu Pillai