SHREEKANTHAM NAGENDRA SHASTRY ___ Srikantham Nagendra Shastry is an accomplished vocalist and scholar. He hails from the legendary Chintalapalli family who were direct disciples of Tyagaraja and Muthuswamy Deekshitar and asthana vidwans for eight centuries at some of India’s greatest royal courts including that of Krishnadevaraya and the Mysore Maharajahs. He received an Inter Disciplinary Ph.D., applicable to both literature and music from Dravidian university. He is a prolific writer and critic; has written and edited several books in the field of music and literature. He is working as professor in Kannada and also HOD of Music, Dept. of Music, Maharani’s College, Bengaluru. ___ Dashavidha Raga Navati Kusuma Manjari – a 90-line, 90-raga prabandham composed on the goddess is a magnificent composition. Among all other types of compositions, this prabandham stands out for its salient features which are discussed here. At this point, it is important to know the composer Sri Ajjada Adibhatla