Mysore Ananthaswamy (ಮೈಸೂರು ಅನಂತಸ್ವಾಮಿ) was one of the pioneers of Kannada Bhavageethe in Karnataka. He was a very popular composer and singer of Kannada Sugama Sangeetha. He composed music for several poems and bhavageethe written by well-known Kannada poets like Kuvempu, K. S. Nissar Ahmed, , etc., and popularized them throughout the globe. Some of his most famous songs include: , Jaya Bharata Jananiya Tanujate, and . Ananthaswamy played Mandolin in his early days which he purchased for 25 rupees. Later, he switched to Harmonium as there was a difficulty in fine tuning Mandolin.