▁music ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁an ▁hour , ▁with ▁interest ▁and ▁curiosity . ▁Then ▁on wards , ▁he ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁" ▁the ▁S inger ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Court ". ▁ ▁Works ▁ ▁Before ▁M osa ▁W als al am , ▁there ▁existed ▁only ▁a ▁few ▁Christian ▁dev ot ional ▁songs ▁in ▁Mal ay al am , ▁except ▁some ▁transl ations ▁from ▁the ▁lit urg ical ▁books ▁of ▁Sy ri ac - based ▁churches ▁in ▁Ker ala ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁compos itions ▁by ▁the ▁western ▁mission aries . ▁The ▁compos itions ▁of ▁M osa ▁W als al am ▁gave ▁a ▁break ▁from ▁the ▁above ▁songs ▁and ▁he ▁inaugur ated ▁the ▁era ▁of ▁Mal ay al am ▁Christian ▁songs ▁using ▁Indian ▁images ▁and ▁milieu . ▁For ▁the ▁first ▁time , ▁Car n atic ▁music ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁church ▁cho ir ▁in ▁Ker ala , ▁which ▁made ▁the ▁n atives ▁easier ▁to ▁identify ▁themselves ▁with ▁the ▁culture ▁of ▁their ▁land . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁S ansk rit ▁terms ▁he ▁used ▁in ▁his ▁lyr ics ▁were ▁either ▁derived ▁or ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁the ▁H indu ▁concepts . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁to ▁his ▁credit ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁literary ▁and ▁musical ▁works . A ▁few ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁published ▁during ▁his ▁lifetime ▁itself . ▁They ▁include ▁" Git aman j ari - G ar land ▁of ▁Songs " ▁( 1 9 0 3 ) ▁and ▁" D hy an am al ika - M edit ation ▁Songs ▁" ▁( 1 9 1 6 ). ▁Later ▁on ▁" The