Domada Chitti Abbayi or Chittabbayi (

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: దోమాడ చిట్టబ్బాయి) (1930–2002) was a renowned

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Vidwan and recipient of the prestigious

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. He was born in East Godavari district,

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. He learned Nadaswaram from Daliparti Piccha Hari. He was associated with Sangeetha Kalanidhi

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for a long time. He was "Asthana Vidwan" of Sri Varaha Laxmi Narasimha Swamy Devasthanam,

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Death

Chittabbaiyi died in 2002 at the age of 72.

Awards

* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1978. *

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honored him with

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in 1990.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chittabbayi, Domada Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1930 births 2002 deaths Carnatic instrumentalists 20th-century Indian musicians