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Chembai had a vigorous, strong, vibrant, ringing and resonant voice. He would sing in a clear, open-throated style that requires high levels of physical and mental endurance to pull off, yet, he did so in a seemingly effortless manner. He had a wonderful sense of accurate kala pramana (time measure).
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and the often forgotten
Jagannatha Bhakta Sabha. In 1952 Chembai lost his voice and couldn’t chant the name of his favourite deity, Guruvayurappan. He prayed fervently and apparently his prayers were answered when a stranger gave treatment to his voice for 18 days in Poomallianmana in Kerala at the
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Chembai had been conducting a music festival in his native village from 1924 onwards. This was continued by his family and now by
Chembai Sreenivasan and Chembai Suresh (C. A. Subramanian). The concert, called Chembai Ekadasi Music Festival, is held annually in February–March. Chembai also held a
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The family's connection with classical music spans five centuries. Vaidyanatha
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and swaraprastara from any given point, which bespoke of mental alertness in a concert. His empathy for his accompanists and disciples was noteworthy and he would go to great lengths to encourage them. Chembai has given his full emotion in the kriti
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The music critic 'Aeolus' described him as "the musician who has meant the most to
Carnatic Music in the first fifty years of the 20th century." His prominent disciples include Chembai Narayana Bhagavathar, Mangu Thampuran, Guruvayur Ponnammal,
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tradition, and also began violin and flute training in 1912. Chembai is also one of 12 names of
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in 1951), he was known for his encouragement of upcoming musicians and ability to spot new talent. He was responsible for popularising compositions like
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Chembai died suddenly on 16 October 1974, aged 78, of a cardiac arrest. Shortly before that, he performed his last concert at
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of the music field. If I sing one concert, I need to rest the whole of next day". Legendary percussionist
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Prominence of Chembai Vaidyanathan in Carnatic Music and on Music Festivals (2020-2021)
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Chembai received several awards and titles during his career, most notably including:
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Some of the noteworthy early events that helped shape Chembai's career include his
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Chembai was born to Anantha Bhagavatar and Parvati Ammal on 28 August 1896, into a
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927:"CHEMBAI - MY DISCOVERY OF A LEGEND - NATIONAL AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY(2016)"
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530:-Vijaya twins, Kudumaru Venkataraman, Paramasivan Bhagavathar and others.
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would call him "Laya Brahma" for his impeccable grasp of tala and laya.
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day. He lived here until he was five years old when the family moved to
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Day (mid-November) at Guruvayur every year. This festival, now called
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along with him family during his childhood. He is popularly known as
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is said to have remarked "These are not ordinary men. These are the
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793:"Go on a thrilling trip to the martial arts heritage of Kadathanad"
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Why is there so much delay in conferring your mercy, Krishna?
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Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship
1196:"Maestro's tanpura taken to Guruvayur Chembai Music Fest"
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Theatre - Traditional / Folk / Dance / Music / Puppetry
1042:"A Musician's Reminisces - Prof. Mysore V. Ramarathnam"
849:"Chembai: Artist with a strong voice and a noble heart"
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A statue of Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar at Chembai (Kottayi)
1317:. Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala
4186:(*)By birth - (#)By ethnicity - (!)By domicile
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1375:. Guruvayur Devaswom. 16 October 1974. Archived from
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676:The recipients of the Chembai puraskaram include:
184:, 28 August 1896 – 16 October 1974) was an Indian
1261:"Ottapalam railway station gets a mural makeover"
820:(Biography of Chembai), 1954: Amudha Nilayam Ltd.
1027:(2): 219 – via Research Publish Journals.
989:. Taal.20m.com. 16 October 1974. Archived from
401:Chembai's old friend, T. G. Krishna Iyer, from
649:in his honour, is officially conducted by the
572:List of awards and honours received by Chembai
4698:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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834:N. Pattabhi Raman and K.S. Krishnamurthi,
693:Veena maestro A. Ananthapadmanabhan (2011)
614:Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship
598:(1951; highest accolade in Carnatic music)
368:(1909) and the accolades he received from
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2588:Kerala Sangeetha Nadaka Academy, Thrissur
2473:Thenpattinam Ponnusamy Meenakshi Sundaran
610:(1964; by The Fine Arts Society, Chennai)
560:Chembai Memorial Government Music College
731:Carnatic musician and mridangam maestro
588:"Gayana Gandharva" (a title bestowed by
4693:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in arts
2941:Category:Malayalam film score composers
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294:family in Perakkool Madom, adjacent to
1398:Chembai Puraskaram for Kadri Gopalnath
894:"Chembai Memorial Govt. Music College"
548:Karuna Cheyvan Enthu Thamasam Krishna?
2936:Category:Malayalam-language lyricists
2738:Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award
2610:Maha Kavi Moyinkutty Vaidyar Smarakam
2301:Ronald Carlton Vivian Piadade Noronha
514:Chembai had many students, including
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3616:Eledath Thaikkattu Neelakandan Mooss
861:from the original on 29 January 2020
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2946:Category:Malayalam playback singers
1608:Anant alias Annasaheb Sahasrabuddhe
925:Sadanandan, Soumya (30 June 2016).
318:. At age 3, Chembai began to learn
3405:Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma
3235:Eledath Thaikkattu Narayanan Mooss
2593:RLV College of Music and Fine Arts
1291:. Sangeetnatak.com. Archived from
1081:. 2 September 2005. Archived from
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1337:"Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar"
1227:Kolappan, B. (20 December 2011).
1208:from the original on 22 July 2023
1113:. 1 November 2005. Archived from
657:Guruvayurappan Chembai Puraskaram
500:Pudukkottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai
322:from his father in the customary
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2598:Swathi Thirunal College of Music
1414:Chembai award for 2012 announced
1353:. Indianpost.com. 28 August 1996
1169:"Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar"
1145:. 26 August 2005. Archived from
1012:Thekekara, Shaji Antony (2020).
987:"Chembai Vaidyanath Bhagavathar"
150:HMV, Inreco, BMG, Vani Cassettes
4311:Creative and Experimental Music
4240:Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
2753:Swaralaya Kairali Yesudas Award
1137:"In memory of a legendary guru"
816:L. R. Viswanatha Sarma (1954),
4703:Sangeetha Kalanidhi recipients
4485:Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
4399:Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri
4384:Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri
4264:Instrumental - Carnatic Violin
2789:Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
1938:Bhalchandra Nilkanth Purandare
518:and many noted musicians like
370:Palghat Anantharama Bhagavatar
178:Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
33:Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
18:Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
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4718:People from Palakkad district
4547:Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri
3859:Narayana Panicker Kochupillai
3711:Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri
2885:Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar
2804:Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair
2372:Krishnaswami Srinivas Sanjivi
1885:Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani
1789:Venkatarama Ramalingam Pillai
1538:T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar
1289:"Sangeet Natak Akademi Award"
902:. 30 May 2006. Archived from
4645:Performing Arts in the Media
2809:Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma
2603:Sree Rama Varma Music School
2200:Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan
1505:award recipients (1970–1979)
465:Performing ability and style
4524:Creative Dance/Choreography
4459:Varanasi Vishnu Namboothiri
4394:Mankompu Sivasankara Pillai
4369:Kavungal Chathunni Panicker
4225:Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
4030:Vishnunarayanan Namboothiri
3934:Puthenpurayil Mathew Joseph
3726:Kavungal Chathunni Panicker
3621:Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis
3462:Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
3345:Kottayan Katankot Venugopal
3147:Kottayan Katankot Venugopal
2758:Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram
2018:Chandrika Prasad Srivastava
712:Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair
602:Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
417:. He had composed some 155
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4419:Sadanam P. V. Balakrishnan
4359:Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
3995:Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
3904:Perakath Verghese Benjamin
3706:Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
3380:Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai
2849:M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri
2779:Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
2448:Balasubramaniam Ramamurthi
2337:Laxmanshastri Balaji Joshi
2210:Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia
2064:Harindranath Chattopadhyay
1933:Dattatraya Yeshwant Phadke
1850:Gulestan Rustom Billimoria
1804:Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme
1105:"P. Leela's death mourned"
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397:Lalita Dasar Kritis (1945)
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4688:Carnatic instrumentalists
4595:Kavalam Narayana Panikkar
4374:Kottakkal Chandrasekharan
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3778:M. Krishnan Nair (doctor)
3746:Kurian John Melamparambil
3340:Kavalam Narayana Panicker
3255:George Joseph (scientist)
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2977:Sanskrit Meditation Music
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2377:Devulapalli Krishnasastri
2104:Krishnarao Shankar Pandit
1598:Vivekananda Mukhopadhyaya
838:, Issue 98, November 1992
443:Lalita Dasar Keertanaigal
356:in 1904, performances at
258:Palani Subramaniam Pillai
204:, or sometimes simply as
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4636:Mattannoor Sankarankutty
4611:Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
4563:Kalamandalam Gangadharan
4490:Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
4439:Kalamandalam Kuttan Asan
4334:Champakulam Pachu Pillai
4280:Instrumental - Mridangam
4130:Rachel Thomas (skydiver)
4074:Kalamandalam Kshemavathy
3834:Mitraniketan Viswanathan
3829:Mattannoor Sankarankutty
3736:Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
3716:Kandathil Mammen Cherian
3566:Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
3494:Vallathol Narayana Menon
3350:Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
3335:Kandathil Mammen Cherian
3205:Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
2291:Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay
2276:Darab Jehangir Jussawala
1978:Khusro Faramurz Rustamji
1855:Kunhiraman Palat Candeth
1769:Kalindi Charan Panigrahi
1764:Bishnupada Mukhopadhyaya
1754:Shantilal Jamnadas Mehta
1674:Kandathil Mammen Cherian
1618:Viswanatha Satyanarayana
1558:Narayan Sadoba Kajrolkar
1351:"Chembai Stamp Released"
1229:"A rags to riches story"
751:List of Carnatic singers
651:Guruvayur Devaswom Board
580:Chembai statue in Kerala
4626:P. K. Narayanan Nambiar
4500:Kalamandalam Satyabhama
4454:Thonnakkal Peethambaran
4389:Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
4339:Chenganoor Raman Pillai
4255:Trichur V. Ramachandran
4250:Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
4079:Kalamandalam Satyabhama
4010:Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
3879:P. K. Narayanan Nambiar
3864:Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
3731:Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair
3721:Kandathil Mammen Philip
3656:Jose Chacko Periappuram
3478:Trichur V. Ramachandran
3375:Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
3300:K. P. S. Menon (senior)
3089:Padma Award winners of
2814:Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
2685:Traditional Instruments
2578:Kerala Folklore Academy
2483:# Posthumous conferral
2342:Naoroji Pirojsha Godrej
2114:Vennelakanti Raghavayya
1953:Mohinder Singh Randhawa
1860:Ram Narayan Chakravarti
1794:Vulimiri Ramalingaswami
1784:Krishnarao Phulambrikar
689:Trichur V. Ramachandran
647:Chembai Sangeetholsavam
636:Chembai Sangeetholsavam
608:Sangeetha Kalasikhamani
457:), Varijadala Lochani (
366:Kaliakudi Natesa Sastry
364:in 1907, his year with
266:Chembai Sangeetholsavam
4616:Neralattu Rama Poduval
4429:Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
4233:Carnatic Music - Vocal
4015:Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair
3964:Sooranad Kunjan Pillai
3909:Peruvanam Kuttan Marar
3762:Madhavan Chandradathan
3671:K. M. Mammen Mappillai
3509:Padma Bhushan (Female)
3330:K. T. Thomas (Justice)
3230:E. C. George Sudarshan
3112:E. C. George Sudarshan
2910:Sadanam Divakara Marar
2905:Peruvanam Kuttan Marar
2895:Neralattu Rama Poduval
2784:Shadkala Govinda Marar
2387:E. C. George Sudarshan
2327:Harivansh Rai Bachchan
2286:Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi
2225:Arunachala Sreenivasan
2155:Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
2074:M. A. Muthiah Chettiar
1943:Tapishwar Narain Raina
1699:Musiri Subramania Iyer
581:
479:depicting the mind of
287:
280:
51:Background information
4678:Male Carnatic singers
4505:Kalamandalam Sugandhi
4495:Kalamandalam Leelamma
4475:Deepti Omchery Bhalla
4449:Ramachandran Unnithan
4414:Sadanam Krishnankutty
3601:C. G. Krishnadas Nair
3355:Kuzhur Narayana Marar
2880:Kuzhur Narayana Marar
2875:Kalpathy Balakrishnan
2863:Traditional Musicians
2367:Udupi Ramachandra Rao
2180:Jayant Pandurang Naik
2069:Banarsidas Chaturvedi
1963:M. B. Ramachandra Rao
1928:Vinayakrao Patwardhan
1875:Minoo Merwan Engineer
1845:Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
1819:Parmeshwari Lal Verma
1814:Bhagwati Charan Verma
579:
492:G. N. Balasubramaniam
381:Release of recordings
286:
279:
228:, V. V. Subramaniam,
214:Rakshamam Saranagatam
4621:Mani Madhava Chakyar
4302:T. V. Gopalakrishnan
3949:Rajagopalan Krishnan
3929:Pucadyil Ittoop John
3844:N. Balakrishnan Nair
3819:Mani Madhava Chakyar
3741:Kunnenkeril K. Jacob
3606:Cheril Krishna Menon
3561:Adoor Gopalakrishnan
3483:V. K. Narayana Menon
3452:T. V. Gopalakrishnan
3420:Raghavan Thirumulpad
3365:M. T. Vasudevan Nair
3192:Padma Bhushan (Male)
3107:Adoor Gopalakrishnan
2824:T. V. Gopalakrishnan
2347:Zehra Ali Yavar Jung
2266:Pratul Chandra Gupta
2261:Madhav Sadashiv Gore
2251:Dilbagh Singh Athwal
2033:Bal Dattatreya Tilak
1895:Sourendra Nath Kohli
1588:Mahesh Prasad Mehray
1373:"Guruvayur Devaswom"
1295:on 27 September 2007
1204:. 17 November 2022.
1059:"Interview with KVN"
964:on 15 September 2019
956:Chembai - Recordings
857:. 1 September 2016.
733:T. V. Gopalakrishnan
726:M. S. Gopalakrishnan
719:M. Balamuralikrishna
520:T. V. Gopalakrishnan
374:Madras Music Academy
250:M. S. Gopalakrishnan
226:T. V. Gopalakrishnan
4723:Singers from Kerala
4588:Theatre - Direction
4468:Dance - Mohiniattam
4444:M. P. S. Namboodiri
4379:Kottakkal Sivaraman
4245:K. V. Narayanaswamy
4040:Padma Shri (Female)
3990:Thayil John Cherian
3944:R. K. Krishna Kumar
3854:N. R. Madhava Menon
3556:A. Sivathanu Pillai
3551:A. Marthanda Pillai
3467:Thayil John Cherian
3220:C. P. Krishnan Nair
3167:V. K. Krishna Menon
2900:Pallavur Appu Marar
2844:M. G. Radhakrishnan
2767:Classical Musicians
2748:Harivarasanam Award
2583:Kerala Kalamandalam
2443:K. S. Narayanaswamy
2296:Kirpal Singh Narang
2281:Pancheti Koteswaram
2008:Birendranath Sircar
1918:N. G. Krishna Murti
1880:Inderjit Singh Gill
1835:Jagjit Singh Aurora
1709:Mungtu Ram Jaipuria
1603:Krishnaswami Ramiah
1583:Bhagwantrao Mandloi
1379:on 14 November 2009
1241:on 22 November 2022
1149:on 3 September 2010
1085:on 3 September 2006
1073:"A maestro's music"
705:Parassala Ponnammal
596:Sangeetha Kalanidhi
590:Kalki Krishnamurthy
504:K. V. Narayanaswamy
352:(debut concert) in
344:Concerts of Chembai
210:Sangeetha Kalanidhi
4531:Mrinalini Sarabhai
4434:Vazhenkada Vijayan
4364:Kalamandalam Rajan
4109:Mary Poonen Lukose
3939:R. Marthanda Varma
3849:N. Kesava Panikkar
3783:M. Night Shyamalan
3772:M. G. Ramachandran
3646:J. Hareendran Nair
3290:K. P. Kesava Menon
3215:A. Sreedhara Menon
3172:V. R. Krishna Iyer
2890:Moyinkutty Vaidyar
2702:Kombu (instrument)
2408:Prithvi Singh Azad
2352:Mallikarjun Mansur
2322:Malcolm Adiseshiah
2038:Syed Husain Zaheer
1983:Shantilal C. Sheth
1905:Nilakanta Krishnan
1890:L. A. Krishna Iyer
1865:Yashodhara Dasappa
1809:Pichu Sambamoorthi
1799:Suresh Chandra Roy
1739:Nisar Hussain Khan
1654:N. Ramaswami Ayyar
1623:Ahmed Jan Thirakwa
1543:Lala Hansraj Gupta
1461:on the violin and
1434:http://chembai.com
1404:, 31 October 2013.
1266:The Times of India
906:on 7 November 2012
883:, 12 December 1963
854:The Times of India
717:Carnatic vocalist
710:Mridangam maestro
703:Carnatic vocalist
696:Carnatic musician
687:Carnatic musician
641:music festival on
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449:), Ennil Kaninda (
288:
281:
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4659:
4631:Appukutty Poduval
4354:Kalamandalam Gopi
4349:Guru Kunchu Kurup
4327:Dance - Kathakali
4292:Palghat Mani Iyer
4227:Winners of Kerala
4191:
4190:
4053:Anju Bobby George
4020:Vellayani Arjunan
3884:P. K. Rajagopalan
3824:Mathew Kalarickal
3751:Kuzhivelil Mathew
3701:Kalamandalam Gopi
3696:K. Shankar Pillai
3691:K. Ravindran Nair
3636:G. Vijayaraghavan
3596:Balachandra Menon
3543:Padma Shri (Male)
3400:Palghat Mani Iyer
3320:K. Shankar Pillai
3270:K. G. Subramanyan
3260:Guru Kunchu Kurup
3142:K. Shankar Pillai
3056:
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2870:Appukutty Poduval
2854:L. Athira Krishna
2799:Palghat Mani Iyer
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2453:Perugu Siva Reddy
2230:Raman Viswanathan
2023:M. S. Swaminathan
1973:Sujoy Bhushan Roy
1774:Manibhai J. Patel
1744:Guru Kunchu Kurup
1704:Palghat Mani Iyer
1669:Jaishankar Bhojak
1533:Amiya Chakravarty
1523:Hirabai Barodekar
1463:Palghat Mani Iyer
1420:, 2 October 2012.
1315:"Classical Music"
1269:. 1 February 2021
669:, a citation and
643:Guruvayur Ekadasi
566:Awards and titles
461:), among others.
405:, had settled in
385:Chembai has many
246:Lalgudi Jayaraman
242:Palghat Mani Iyer
236:, K. G. Vijayan,
192:. He was born in
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3681:K. P. Udayabhanu
3586:B. Paul Thaliath
3522:Lakshmi N. Menon
3315:K. Sankaran Nair
3310:K. Radhakrishnan
3305:K. R. Ramanathan
3295:K. P. P. Nambiar
3250:Gabriel Chiramel
3245:G. Sankara Kurup
3240:G. Madhavan Nair
3200:A. C. N. Nambiar
3137:K. R. Ramanathan
3122:G. Madhavan Nair
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2150:Ram Kumar Caroli
1993:Khem Karan Singh
1958:Adya Rangacharya
1913:Pran Nath Luthra
1870:Hari Chand Dewan
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3457:T. V. R. Shenoy
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3425:Ramankutty Nair
3360:M. S. Valiathan
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3099:Padma Vibhushan
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2666:Pulluvan Paattu
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2564:Music of Kerala
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1694:Gangubai Hangal
1679:Ramrao Deshmukh
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