Namaskara,
As you see the article of maha guru Tyagaraja Swami and their
shishyas; now you are going to read about similor time gurus
and shishya. Lets see the journey of great shishyas.
This is a story of that great shishya, who has received that
much of awards and good name and fame, which we can't expect
in other similor time classical musician..........
ever? -
Padma Bhushan
Padma Sri
Doctorate by Annamalai University
D.Litt by Kerala University, Kerala
Asthana Gayakan
Sangeetha Sagaram
Sangeetha Chakravarthy
Sangeetha Raja
Sangeetha Ratna
Swathi Ratnam
Sapthagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani
Bhakti Sangita Geetha Sironmani
Kalaimamani
Star of India Award
National Citizens Award
Senate member in the International Parliament for
Safety and Peace
Honorary award for "Outstanding Achievements in Music
and Peace" by UNESCO - 1999
National Film Awards Seven times for the best Playback
singer by Government of India
State Film awards Twenty three times for the best
Playback singer by Government of Kerala
State Film awards Eight times for the best Playback
singer by Government of Tamil Nadu
by Government of Karnataka
State Film awards Three times for the best Playback
singer by Government of Andhra Pradesh.
This is one and only Gana Gandharva Vid. K J Yesudas.
Dr. Kattassery Joseph Yesudas or Jesudas, (born January 10,
1940) is an Indian classical musician and a playback singer.
He has won the National Award for the best male playback
singer seven times, the most by any singer. Yesudas sings
Indian classical music, devotional and popular songs. He has
recorded more than 40,000 songs in many languages including
Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati,
Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tulu, Malay, Russian,
Arabic, Latin and English through his long career. He has
been singing for most Indian languages except Assamese and
This is really a greatness to his guru
Keerthishesha Vid. Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar to introduce himself as
I am a guru of such an artists - Yesudas and T V Gopalakrishnan
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar
Birth name Vaidyanathan
Born September 1, 1895(1895-09-01)
Chembai, Palghat, India
Died October 16, 1974 (aged 79)
Ottapalam, Palghat, India
Genres Carnatic Music
Occupations Singer
Years active 1904–1974
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar (Tamil: செம்பை வைத்தியநாத
பாகவதர்) a Carnatic music singer from the Indian state of
Kerala. Known by his village name Chembai, or simply as
Bhagavatar, he was born to Anantha Bhagavatar and Parvati
Ammal in 1895. Chembai was noted for his powerful voice
and majestic style of singing. His first public performance
was in 1904, when he was nine. He was a recipient of several
titles and honours. He was known for his encouragement of
upcoming musicians, and also for his ability to spot new
talent. He was responsible for popularizing compositions
like Rakshamam, Pavana Guru, among others.[citation needed]
The music critic 'Aeolus' describes him as "the musician
who has meant the most to Carnatic Music in the first
fifty years of the 20th century.
Many memorial music festivals are held in his honour annually
since his death in 1974, the most important being the
annually celebrated Chembai Sangeetholsavam.
Vidio Concert of T V G - Chembai's shishya.
Vocal Concert By K J Yesudas
Our guruji has thousands of students; hundreds of shishyas.
Vid.J S Shrikantah Bhatt is the very much loving shishya of our guruji.
Lets listen one Purundara Daas pada in Vid. JS S Bhatt's voice