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Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer
Palghat Mani Iyer in 1943
Background information
Born
(1912-06-12)12 June 1912 Pazhayannur, Cochin State
Died
30 May 1981(1981-05-30) (aged 68) Kochi, Kerala, India
Genres
Indian classical
Occupations
Mridangam artist
Instruments
Mridangam
Awards: Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India (1971) Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1956) Sangeetha Kalanidhi Award (1966)
Musical artist
Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer (1912–1981), born Thiruvilvamalai Ramaswamy was one of the leading mridangists in the field of Carnatic music. He, along with his contemporaries Palani Subramaniam Pillai and Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy, are revered as the "Holy Trinity of Mrudangam". Mani Iyer was the first mridangist to be awarded the Sangeetha Kalanidhi (1966) presented by the Music Academy of Madras, the Padma Bhushan (1971) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards(1956) presented by the Government of India.[1]
^"SNA Awardees' List". Sangeet Natak Akademi. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
Palghat T. S. ManiIyer (1912–1981), born Thiruvilvamalai Ramaswamy was one of the leading mridangists in the field of Carnatic music. He, along with...
among others. He also mentored many young accompanists, including PalghatManiIyer, Lalgudi Jayaraman, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, T. N. Krishnan, Palani Subramaniam...
known Carnatic music percussionist. He, along with his contemporaries PalghatManiIyer and Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy, are revered as the "Holy...
platform with mridangam maestro PalghatManiIyer and two had a strong friendship born out of mutual respect. PalghatManiIyer is reported to have said, "Annaa...
Bhakta Sabha. It was in this concert that Chembai had introduced young PalghatManiIyer (who was to become one of the great mridangam players) to a discerning...
December Music Festival. The Sabha also has confers two awards The PalghatManiIyer Centenary Award, instituted by Nithyashree Mahadevan and M.L. Vasanthakumari...
His pupils include Palani Subramania Pillai, Thanjavur Ramadas, PalghatManiIyer, Devakottai Sunder Raj, Paravur Kochu Govindan Asan [father of Paravur...
Papanasam Sivan, Koteeswara Iyer, T.L.Venkataramayyar and others. Her maternal grandfather was the mridangam maestro, PalghatManiIyer. Nithyasree first learnt...
Ramarathnam (vocal), Kandadevi S Alagiriswamy (1925–2000; violin), PalghatManiIyer (violin), Chennai V. Sethuramaiah (violin) and others. Later, Ramanujam...
Padmabhooshan PalghatManiIyer under Gurukula system for a period of 8 years. Late Palghat R. Raghu and Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman were also disciples of Palghat Mani...
The award was conceived in 1942 by Academy President K. V. Krishnaswami Iyer and on 1 January 1943 all musicians who had presided over the annual conferences...
Nandikeshvara,the author of the Abhinaya Darpana lit. 'The Mirror of Gesture' PalghatManiIyer Parassala B. Ponnammal, Indian Carnatic musician who was the first...
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