One can also see the scholarly genius in Venkata Kavi, who was very well-versed in Thala (Rhythm cycles), and in His Krithis, is seen periodic structural arrangements such as the Thala cycles ratio being proportional like 2:2:4 (pallavi:anupallavi:charanam). Venkata Kavi has also composed shlokas, Sthuthis and poems, and even metric pieces similar to Thiruppugaz. He was also well-versed with the swaras and the relationships between them, as one sees lot of Vadi-Samvadi (Perfect Fifths and Fourths) relationships employed in his songs.

He has also employed the Raga Mudra, where the Krithi bears the name of the raga used. He was very well-versed in various Ragas (musical Scales) and has used a lot of popular Ragas (such as Kalyani, Kambhoji etc) as well as rare Ragas (such as Balahamsa, Lalithagandharvam etc) in His Krithis. He has followed both paths of Jnana Marga and Bhakthi Marga, the former being seen in his Navavarna and other Krithis, mostly in Sanskrit and the latter in famous Krithis like Alaipayudhey, Thaye Yashoda, etc in Tamil. Shri Venkata Kavi has composed in various musical forms right from the scholarly kriti to the rustic kavadichindu. Given below are a few of the examples that give a glimpse of the scholarly approach of Shri Venkata Kavi, which one can easily experience by merely listening to his Krithis. Gnana Margam has been depicted in Sanskrit songs in rare ragas like Lalithagandharvam, Balahamsa etc, employing intricate Sanskrit language. Venkata Kavi's songs can be divided into Bhakti and Gnana Marga, the former depicted by Tamil songs that even laymen can understand, following the traditional Kavadi chindhu style, and the Tamil folk ragas such as Senjurutti, Punnagavarali, Nadanamakriya, Kamboji, Arabhi etc. At one stage when the poet could no longer compose, the Lord transfigured into an idol, which is what one sees as the Uthsava Murthy in the Kalinga Narthana Swamy temple. And rightly as referenced, the poet (Narada), after shedding the mortal coil, did reappear as Venkata Kavi in the same place, and on the LordвЂ™s behest composed the evergreen majestic Thillana in GambheeraNattai, wo match the rhythmic steps of the Lord. In Venkata KaviвЂ™s first song вЂњAadathu Ashangathu VaвЂќ, the opening lines of the Charanam state that The dance of the small feet of the Lord is so melodious that the poet would come again as a rebirth to experience it. The very next song in the opera is вЂњIllai, Illai, Illai AmmaвЂќ in Mohanam, whre Venkata Kavi visualizes himself as Lord Krishna, and in extreme beauty and innocence pleads to His mother Yashoda, asking her not to believe those complaints. Later, when he tries to push the child from his lap, the child tells that He is the one, whom Venkata Kavi was craving for, all his life, and that the child has come to take the poet to his abode, Vaikuntham.ДЄnother of Venkata KaviвЂ™s popular songs вЂњThaye YashodaвЂќ in Thodi, is part of an opera on Lord Krishna, where Venkata Kavi depicts beautifully, the claims and the complaints that the Gopikas place in front of KrishnaвЂ™s mother, Yashodha. According to legends, it was at this very instant that he was able to feel a child in his lap, and with old age hampering with his eyesight, he could only ask for the whereabouts of the child, to which the child would not reply.

The popular song вЂњAlaipayutheвЂќ was sung in the last moments of Venkata Kavi, where one can see an emotional outpour of the disappointment of not getting KrishnaвЂ™s Darshan all through his life.

Similarly, the Charanam of the song has a line вЂњpanniru kai iraivan Erumayil onruвЂќ, where he mentions Lord Murugan. VandAr AdalinAl shiru yAdavanE oru mAmiyilirakaNi mAdhavanE nIвЂќ refers to Lord Shiva Himself coming to the Oothukadu Kalinga Narthana temple to visualize the Dance of The young Krishna. The anupallavi of the song вЂњAdalaik-kANat-tillai ambalattiraivanum tan Adalai viTTu ingE gOkulam This song consists of a lot of literary and musical beauties, and in this song, he gives references even to Shaivite Gods. Oothukkadu Venkatakavi Specialty in his KrithisДЄfter his initiation from Shri Krishna himself, the first song Venkata Kavi composed is the famous вЂњAadathi Ashangaathu Va KannaвЂќ in the auspicious Madhyamavathi Raga.

Va va kanna tamil devotional song