{"id":2756,"date":"2010-01-09T17:09:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T00:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/?p=2756"},"modified":"2017-06-10T13:38:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T20:38:08","slug":"maharajapuram-santhanam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/our-favorites\/maharajapuram-santhanam\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharajapuram Santhanam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"   src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL9370825C6A42B5F5\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"mks_separator\" style=\"height: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/assets\/images\/maharajapuram-santhanam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"321\" \/> [Below is sourced from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maharajapuram_Santhanam\" target=\"_blank\">wikipedia entry<\/a> on Sri. Maharajapuram Santhanam]\n<p>Sangeetha Kalanidhi Maharajapuram Santhanam (Tamil: \u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd), ( 1928 &#8211; 1992 ) was one of the great Carnatic music vocalists of the 20th century. He was born in Sirunangur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu. He followed the footsteps of his father Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer who was also a Carnatic singer.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Profile<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Besides studying with his father, he was also a disciple of Melattur Sama Dikshitar. Maharajapuram Santhanam was also a distinguished composer. He wrote many songs on Lord Murugan and Kanchi Shankaracharya, His Holiness Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati Swamigal (Maha Periyavar). He was the Principal of Ramanathan College in Sri Lanka.[1] Later he came and settled in Chennai. The most popular songs which were popularised by Maharajapuram Santhanam are &#8220;Unnai Allal&#8221; (Kalyani Raga), &#8220;Sadha Nin Padhame gathi, Varam onnru&#8221; (Shanmukhapriya), &#8220;Bho Shambo&#8221; (Revati), &#8220;Madhura Madhura&#8221; (Bagheshwari), &#8220;Srichakra Raja&#8221; (Ragamalika), &#8220;Nalinakaanthimathim&#8221; (Ragamalika), among others. The Maharajapuram Santhanam Day is celebrated on the 3rd of December every year.<\/p>\n<p>He died in a car accident in 1992. His sons Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan and Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran and his primary disciple Dr. R. Ganesh are now carrying on his musical tradition.<\/p>\n<p>His other most popular songs are PurandaradAsar krithis: &#8220;narayana ninna&#8221; and &#8220;Govinda ninna&#8221;. His rendition of &#8220;vilayada ithu nerama muruga&#8221; cannot be replicated by any other artiste. His voice is dipped in Bhakthi.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/assets\/images\/swirlyborder.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More on Sri. Maharajapuram Santhanam:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maharajapuram_Santhanam\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia entry<\/a><br \/>\nOfficial website of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maharajapuram.in\/maharajapuram\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Maharajapuram Musical Family<\/a><br \/>\nProfile on <a href=\"http:\/\/archives.chennaionline.com\/musicseason99\/profile\/santhanam.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chennai Online<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dhanyasy.org\/go\/assets\/images\/swirlyborder.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Below is sourced from wikipedia entry on Sri. Maharajapuram Santhanam] Sangeetha Kalanidhi Maharajapuram Santhanam (Tamil: \u0bae\u0b95\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0baa\u0bc1\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bcd \u0bb8\u0ba8\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbe\u0ba9\u0bae\u0bcd), ( 1928 &#8211; 1992 ) was one of the great Carnatic music vocalists of the 20th century. He was born in Sirunangur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu. 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