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RAMNAD KRISHNAN
Birthdays & Anniversaries14.9.1918 - 29.1.1973Krishnan was born on 14 September 1918 in Alappuzha in Kerala, to Vaidyanatha Iyer and Brihannayaki, hailing from Kooniyur in the Tirunelveli district...
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Alarmel Valli
Birthdays & Anniversaries14.9.1956There is never a dull moment in her dance. Alarmel Valli is one of the best known divas of Bharatanatyam. She has represented India at prestigious cultural forums...
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VEENA SAHASRABUDDHE
Birthdays & Anniversaries14.9.1948 - 29.6.2016Veena was born in Kanpur on 14 September 1948 as the last of three siblings. She had an elder brother Kashinath Bodas, and an elder sister who died...
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Viswanatha Iyer
Birthdays & Anniversaries15.9.1896 - 1970He has been described as the Grand Cavalier of Carnatic Music; as a Rabelaisian character; as a bon vivant; as a bohemian of the well-dressed kind. He was...
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T.N. Seshagopalan
Birthdays & Anniversaries15.9.1948Sri Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan, the celebrated Carnatic musician and composer had his initial musical training under his mother and Sri. Ramanathapuram C. S....
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Alathur Venkatesa Iyer
16.9.1895 - 1958Birthdays & Anniversaries Venkatesa Iyer (born 1894) had drifted from a vedic-chanting family to learn music. He mastered the harmonium and could even demonstrate gamakas on the...
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M.S. Subbulakshmi
16.9.1916-11.12.2004Birthdays & AnniversariesMadurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (also known as M.S.) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be...
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Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
Birthdays & Anniversaries17.9.1930 - 22.4.2013Lalgudi Gopala Iyer Jayaraman (17 September 1930 – 22 April 2013) was an Indian Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer. He was awarded Padma Bhushan...
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NALCO Award
The jury of the OMC Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award Festival presented the NALCO guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award to Dr.Sachi Das (Theatre) and to guru Lingaraj Behera (Odissi) on 9 September at the...
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Jon Higgins
Birthdays & Anniversaries18.9.1939 - 7.12.1984Jon Borthwick Higgins (September 18, 1939 – December 7, 1984), also known in India as Higgins Bhagavatar, was an American musician, scholar, and...
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Indrani Rahman
Birthdays & Anniversaries19.9.1930 - 5.2.1999Indrani Rahman was an Indian classical dancer, of Bharata Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali and Odissi, which she popularised in the west, and later settled...
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Saroja Vaidyanathan
Birthdays & Anniversaries19.9.1937Saroja Vaidyanathan is a choreographer, guru and exponent of Bharatanatyam. She was conferred the Padma Shri in 2002 and the Padma Bhushan in 2013 by the...
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T.R. Subrahmaniam
Birthdays & AnniversariesProfessor T. R. Subramaniam popularly known as TRS was a vocalist in the Carnatic tradition. He was popular for infusing unconventional and populistic techniques in his...
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Jitendra Abhisheki
Birthdays & Anniversaries 21.9.1930 - 7.11.1998Jitendra Abhisheki, an exponent of the Agra gharana, was one of the most popular Hindustani vocalists of the 20th century. He received his musical...
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Guru Narmada
22.9.1942 - 30.3.2007Birthdays & Anniversaries Guru Narmada contributed immensely to dance and students of dance with her generous giving and sharing of all her knowledge of dance. She trained some...
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Emani Sankara Sastry
23.9.1922 - 1987Birthdays & Anniversaries Emani Sankara Sastry was born in Draksharamam, Andhra Pradesh. He came from a family of celebrated classical musicians. His father Vainika Bhooshana Veena...
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Papanasam Sivan
Birthdays & Anniversaries 26.9.1890 - 10.10.1973Papanasam Sivan was a prominent composer of Carnatic music and a singer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1970. He...
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K. S. Narayanaswamy
Birthdays & Anniversaries K. S. Narayanaswamy was a Carnatic veena exponent of the Thanjavur style, in which nuances and subtleties are given more importance over rhythm based acrobatics. He was...
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FROM THE EDITOR
October has been the month of quite a few anniversaries at Sruti. The founder-editor N. Pattabhi Raman was born on 24 October 1932 and the magazine in October 1983. Years after Pattabhi Raman’s death,...
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