Bhagavathar (other)
Bhagavatar may refer to: * M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar (1910–1959), known as MKT, Tamil Actor * Honnappa Bhagavathar (1915–1992), Kannada Cinema Pioneer and Tamil, Kannada Artist * Palghat Srirama Bhagavathar (1889–1957), Carnatic vocalist * Muthiah Bhagavatar (1877–1945), composer * Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar (1896–1974), Carnatic singer See also * Bhagavata (other) *Bhagwat (other) Bhagwat may refer to: *Bhagavata Purana, one of the Puranic texts of Hinduism *Bhagwat (surname), a surname native to India See also *21351 Bhagwat (1997 EC36), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1997 *Madhavrao Bhagwat High School Madhavrao ...

Honnappa Bhagavathar
Chowdasandra Honnappa Bhagavathar (14 January 1915 – 2 October 1992; kn, ಹೊನ್ನಪ್ಪ ಭಾಗವತರು) was an Indian theatre and film actor, producer, musician and singer. He was best known as a singer and as one of the pioneers of Kannada cinema. He was also active in Tamil cinema. His son Bharath was also an actor who worked in Kannada films and serials. Early life He was born in 1915 at Chowdasandra, Nelamangala to Chikkalingappa and Kallamma. He weaved for a living. At age 5 he lost his father and grew up listening to his mother's Bhajans and music. He moved to Bangalore for work, learn classical music, accidentally he met his guru Sambandha Murthy Bhagavathar (Hari katha vidwan in three south Indian languages & also classical musician) in a relative's marriage function and became his disciple for learning classical music. He first became a pupil of his relative Murthy, then a pupil of Pump organ, harmonium player Arunachalappa. Honappa staged a play in ...
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