Subbaraya Sastri (1803–1862) the son and student ofSyama Sastri, a renowned figure inCarnatic music. He has been influenced all the three of the musicians now acknowledged as "the Trinity of Carnatic Music": his father, and the master musiciansTyagaraja andMuthuswamy Dikshitar.

Subbaraya was born in 1803 as the second son of Syama Sastri. He studied music initially from his father. Later Syama Shastri asked Tyagaraja to teach his son and sent Subbaraya to him. He also had the opportunity to learn a fewkrithis from Muthuswami Dikshitar. He also learntHindustani music from Meru Goswami, a musician of theThanjavur palace, and from Ramadas Swami who was a recluse and who lived in Tiruvidaimarudur nearKumbakonam.^[1]

Subbaraya Shastry composed only a fewkrithis. Sastri composed most of his kritis in praise of the Mother Goddess.^[1]

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