Domada Chitti Abbayi or Chittabbayi (

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: దోమాడ చిట్టబ్బాయి) (1930–2002) was a renowned Nadaswaram Vidwan and recipient of the prestigious

Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (IPA: Saṅgīta Nāṭaka Akādamī Puraskāra), also known as the Akademi Puraskar, is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in Englis ...

. He was born in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. He learned Nadaswaram from Daliparti Piccha Hari. He was associated with Sangeetha Kalanidhi

Nedunuri Krishnamurthy Nedunuri Krishnamurthy (10 October 1927 – 8 December 2014) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist.

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

Death

Chittabbaiyi died in 2002 at the age of 72.

Awards

* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1978. * Andhra University honored him with Kala Prapoorna in 1990.

References

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