Sojiri Seetharamayya and Pallavi Duraiswami Ayyar were so puffed up with their own musical attainments that they did not initially regard Thyagaraja with due veneration. They had an impression that Thyagaraja was a mere bhajan-singer without much depth in musical talent. 

One night, Thyagaraja was sitting on the pial of his house and developing Saurashtra ragam in a detailed manner. These two musicians were passing that street and heard Thyagaraja’s singing. They were captivated with the depth of music and settled on the pial of a neighboring house to listen completely. After elaborate development of raga, he took up tanam, etc., stretching to several hours. On the next day morning they met Thyagaraja and beseeched for pardon for assuming poorly about him. Thyagaraja as usual took them magnanimously but also accepted them to be his disciples. Sojiri Seerharamayya later became personally close to him and also accompanied on tour to Kancheepuram and Thirupathi.