 He went on a pilgrimage of south India and composed "krithis" at all the temples he visited.Some of his compositions are, "Devadideva" ("Mayamalavagaula"), "Gangadhara Tripuraharana" ("Purvikalyani") and "Paramabhuta Maina" ("Khamas").Sadashiva Rao used the mudra 'Sadashiva'.