Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma
Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928 |
| Died | 2008 (aged 79–80) |
| Genres | Carnatic |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma (1928–2008) was an Indian carnatic singer.[1] and teacher who descended from the royal family of Mavelikkara, Kerala.
Biography
He was born in 1928 as the second son of Chandraprabha Thamburatty (daughter of the great scholar
He has many disciples, including the Carnatic vocalists Neyyatinkara Vasudevan, P R Kumarakerala Varma, K. Omanakutti, Mavelikkara P Subrahmanyam, Ponkunnam Ramachandran, Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri, Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboothiri, and Cheppad Vamanan Namboothiri.M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri,
He died on 2 November 2008, at his sister's home at Tripunithura near Ernakulam. He was aged 80. He remained a lifelong bachelor. He composed several krithis written by Thulasivanam many of which are popular and are sang by artists across the globe.[citation needed] He received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1985 and the Kerala government's Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram in 2006.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Prabhakara Varma felicitated". The Hindu. 17 November 2003. Archived from the original on 28 March 2004. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma:A life Devoted To Music | Kerala for you dot in". Kerala4u.in. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
- ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Classical Music". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ [1] Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
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