Mani Iyer's favourite Main ragas
1. Kambhoji
2. Kalyani
3. Thodi
4. Bhairavi
5. Karaharapriya
6. PoorviKalyani
7. Mohanam
8.
Shankarabharanam
9. Lathangi
His other favourite ragas
1. Panthuvarali
2. Arabhi
3. Durbar
4. Kapi
5. Bilahari
6. Shudhasaveri
7. Hindolam
8.
Khamas
9. Surutti
10.Abhogi
11.Sriranjani
12.Sahana
His Favourite Pallavi Ragas
1.Shanmukhapriya
2.Kalyani
3.Kambhoji
4.Begada
5.Karaharapriya
6.Keeravani
7.Simmendramadhyamam
His Favourite Starting Krithis
1.Vathapi
2.Vallabha nayakasya
3.Thelisirama
4.Ramabhakthi
5.Naadathanumanisam
6.O!jegadamba
7.Thathvamariyatharama
Krithis for which he usually sing eloborate swaras without singing Raga alapana
1.Seethamma (Vasantha)
2.Sarasamukhi (GowdaMalhar)
3.Sarasasamadhana (Kapinarayani)
4.Enthaveduko
(Saraswathi Manohari)
5.Subramanyena (Shudhadhanyasi)
6.O!jegadamba (Anandhabhairavi)
7.Enthabhagya (Saranga)
8.Janakiramana
(Shudhaseemanthini)
9.Naadhathanumanisam(Chitharanjani)
10.Nijamarma (Umabharanam)
11.Nenarunchi (Malavi)
12.Sevikkavendum
(Andolika)
13.Nagumomu(Abheri)
14.Raramainti (Asaveri)
15.Orajupuju (Kannadagowla)
16.Thelisirama (Poornachandrika)
17.Vathapi
(Hamsadhvani)
18.Vallabha nayakasya (Begada)
19.Ramabhakthi (Shudhabangala)
20.Thathvamariyatharama (Reetigowla)
21.Thathvamerugatharama
(Garudadhwani)
22.Angarakam (Surutti)
Krithis for which he normally does not sing raga or swaras
1.Navagraha Krithis
2.Shrisatyanarayanam (Shubapantuvarali)
3.Shrikamalamba (Sahana)
4.Chethashri
balakrishnam (Dhwijavanthi)
5.Seethavarasangeetha (Devagandhari)
6.Shrivaralakshmi (Shri)
7.Shri Mathrubootham
His favourite Ragas for Singing Viruthams or Slokams
1.Kedaragowla
2.Sindhubhairavi
3.Kanada
4.Dhanyasi
5.Sahana
6.Hamsanandhi
7.Mohanam
8.Kapi
9.Behag
10.Ranjani
His Favourite Ragas for singing Ragamalika swaras in Pallavi
1.Kanada
2.Behag
3.Sindhubhairavi
4.Kedaragowla
5.Shadvidhamargini
6.Sahana
7.Surutti
8.Ranjani
9.Hamsanandhi
10.Hamsadhvani
11.GowriManohari
12.Dhenuka
His favourite Violin accompanists
Though almost all the leading accompanists of his time have accompanied Madurai Mani Iyer throughout
his career. He had his own favourites who regularly accompanied him like :-
1. Thiruvalangadu Sundaresa Iyer
2. Varahur Muthuswamy Iyer
3. Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai
4. Mayavarm Govindaraja Pillai
5. Mysore Chowdiah
6. Lalgudi Jayaraman
7. T.N.Krishnan
His favourite Mridangam/Ghatam accompanists
Though almost all the giants of Laya, including the legendary Palghat Mani Iyer,have accompanied Madurai
Mani Iyer, the following are the select favourites with whom he had performed regularly:-
1.Palani Subramaniya Pillai
2.Ramanathapuram CS Murugaboopathi
3.Umayalpuram Kodhandarama Iyer (Ghatam/Mridangam)
4.Madras Venu Nayakar (Mridangam/Kanjira)
5.Vellore Ramabhadran
6.Alangudi Ramachandran (Ghatam)
7.T.K.Murthy
8.Umayalpuram Sivaraman
