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Tanjaavoor Shankara Aiyyar - Born on January 14th, 1924 in Togamarai, Tiruchi District to Venkatesha Iyer and Kuppalu Ammal, he learned music from his maternal grandfather Krishna Iyer as well as from Sattur Krishna Iyengar and Tiger Varadacharya. His students include T.V. Sankaranarayanan, Chitravina N Ravikiran, and Neyveli Santhanagopalan, in addition to numerous students of the Sangeetha Vidyalaya of the Shanmukhananda Sabha in Mumbai. He was a highly respected vaggeyakkara, who was also a concert artiste and a much loved teacher. He earned a certificate of merit from the Madras Music Academy, Kalaimaamani from the government of Tamil Nadu, Sangeeta Ratnakara from the Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana, and Sangeeta Kala Acharya from the Music Academy
Mudra:
Compositions:
- amrtavarSiNi tAyE - amrtavarSiNi
- bAlasubramaNyan pAdamE - viSNupriyA
- eLiyEnaiinnum innum shOdikkalAmA - sAvEri
- ezhiluDai - hamsanaadam
- geeta vaadya - naaTakapriyaa
- jE tujhE nAyakI -
- maal marugan (varNam) - hindOLam
- madhuram madhuram - kharaharapriyA
- mahaa gaNapati - naaTTai
- mahaadEva shiva shambhO - rEvati
- mAl marugA SaNmukhA undan - hindoLa
- mAl marugan murugan SaNmukhan (tv) - hindOLa
- mana malar (jaavaLi) - shuruTTi
- manadirk-kughandadu - sindu bhairavi
- manasaaramati - saaramati
- manOranjita rAga maNam - manOranjita
- murugaa tirumaal - harikaambhOji
- narajanmam kaDai tEra - sArangA
- natajana paalini - naLinakaanti
- pada sarOjamula - asaavEri
- paripoorNa candra - poornacandrikaa
- poruttaruLvaayE - sahaanaa
- raama naamamE - dEsh
- ranganAyakiyE un caraNam - nAyaki
- ranjani mridu - raagamaalika
- sakala kalA vANi (tv) - hindOLa
- shakti gaNapatiyE - gauLa
- sharaNam sharanam gaNapatiyE (tv) - shuddhasAvEri
- sharavaNabhava guha - sahaanaa
- shrI rAjarAjEshvari - pUrvikalyANi
- tA dhirana tana dhirana (t) - Anandabhairavi
- tillaanaa (taa dhirana) - aananda bhairavi
- yAriDam muraiyiDuvEn - malayamAruta