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Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma (1928–2008) was an Indian carnatic singer. and teacher who descended from the royal family of Mavelikkara, Kerala.


Biography

He was born in 1928 as the second son of Chandraprabha Thamburatty (daughter of the great scholar
A. R. Raja Raja Varma A. R. Raja Raja Varma or A R. Rajaraja Varma ( ml, എ.ആർ. രാജരാജവർമ്മ) (1863–1918) was an Indian poet, grammatician and Professor of Oriental Languages at Maharaja's College (present University College), Trivandrum. ...
) and Rama Varma of Kilimanoor Palace. While in his mother's womb, Varma was affected by polio and thus was born with disorder in his right leg, which he had to carry till his death. After his initial studies, he joined the Swathi Thirunal Music Academy in
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and after the course, joined the academy as an assistant professor in 1957. He retired as the principal of
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,
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(1981–84). He has many disciples, including the Carnatic vocalists Neyyatinkara Vasudevan, P R Kumarakerala Varma, K. Omanakutti, Mavelikkara P Subrahmanyam, Ponkunnam Ramachandran, Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri, Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboothiri, and Cheppad Vamanan Namboothiri. M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri, He died on 2 November 2008, at his sister's home at Tripunithura near
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. He was aged 80. He remained a lifelong bachelor. He composed several krithis written by Thulasivanam many of which are popular and are sang by artists across the globe. He received the 'Swathi Puraskaram' from the Kerala government in 2006.


References

1928 births 2008 deaths Male Carnatic singers Carnatic singers Singers from Kochi People from Alappuzha 20th-century Indian male classical singers Indian music educators Educators from Kerala {{carnatic-music-stub