Tatayya Swamy writes in Kannada in a lyrical vein, with ಮಧು ಚೈತ್ರಗಾನ (Madhu Chaitragana) suggesting songs of the honeyed spring season — madhu (honey/spring) and chaitra (the first month of the Hindu calendar, season of new bloom). The work belongs to the tradition of Karnataka devotional or lyric poetry in Kannada.