Bhagavatula Seetarama Sarma, Carnatic musician, music composer, guru and nattuvangam artist, passed away on 9 December 2017 in Bengaluru. According to reports, he had gone there from Chennai to conduct an arangetram and suffered a heart attack even as he was tuning the tambura. He died in harness at the age of 80, becoming one with the eternal sruti.