K. G. Jayan (born 21 November 1934) is an Indian
Carnatic musician
Carnatic music, known as or in the South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and Sri Lanka. It is ...
, who was awarded the
Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India in 2019.
He is known for devotional songs. Jayan has composed more than 1,000 songs and also has been music director for a few
Tamil
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and
Malayalam films
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. The popular actor
Manoj K. Jayan
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is his younger son.
Jayan and his twin brother K. G. Vijayan, with whom he formed the famous Jaya-Vijaya team, were born as the third and fourth sons of late Gopalan Thanthrikal and late Narayani Amma on 21 November 1934 at their home in
Kottayam. They started to learn Carnatic music at a very young age, and had their arangettam at
Kumaranalloor Devi Temple
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at the age of nine. Their first guru was one Raman Bhagavathar, and then they learnt from Mavelikkara Radhakrishna Iyer. They underwent Ganabhooshanam course at the famous
Swathi Thirunal College of Music at
Thiruvananthapuram after their schooling, and passed with distinction. Later, they had their advanced training from Carnatic giants like
Alathur Brothers
Alathur Brothers Srinivasa Iyer (1911–1980) & Sivasubramania Iyer (1916–1965) were Carnatic vocalists. The world of Carnatic music knows them as the star duo of the twentieth century.
They learnt under Alathur Venkatesa Iyer, the father ...
,
Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar and
M. Balamuralikrishna
Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in ...
. It was during their lessons under Chembai that they started composing and singing songs.
Awards and recognition
* 1991 –
Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award –
Government of Kerala
* 2013 –
Harivarasanam Award –
Government of Kerala and
Travancore Devaswom Board
* 2019 –
Padma Shri –
Government of India
See also
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List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–2019)
Padma Shri Award, India's fourth highest civilian honours for 2010–2019.
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Recipients
See also
* List of Padma Shri award recipients (1954–1959)
* List of Padma Shri award recipients (1960–1969)
* List of Padma Shri awa ...
References
Male Carnatic singers
Carnatic singers
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Living people
1934 births
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