Manambuchavadi Venkata subbayya is one of the direct disciples of Saint Thyagaraja. He can be termed as the missing link between Thyagaraja and his lineage of other prominent composers namely Paam Subramaya Iyer, Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer, Lavani Venkaá¹­a Rao, Susarla DakshiamÅrti Sastri, Veáuganam Sarabha Sastri and the likes.