Dr s ramanathan biography in urdu

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In the world of Carnatic music it is very difficult to come across a person who is a performer and a listener, a scholar and practitioner, a teacher and a student. Dr S Ramanathan was a personality who was all these and much more. He graduated from the college with the Sangita Bhushanam diploma. Post this, he also trained under Valadi Krishna Iyer for vocal music and Devakottai Narayana Iyengar for the veena and acquired proficiency in both fields.

He therefore pursued both passions. Throughout this period he also found time to perform concerts, mostly of the vocal variety. Ramanathan then moved to the United States of America where he became visiting professor at several universities. At the Wesleyan he decided to pursue a doctoral thesis and along with Prof Jagannathachari did research on music in the Silappadikkaram, the classic work of the Sangam age.

He was awarded a doctorate for this work, a rare example of a diploma holder qualifying for a PhD. His research on the use of 22 srutis in Karnatic music, as well as the Kudumiyamalai inscription, won him much praise. In the s he moved to Madurai to serve at the Satguru Sangeetha Samajam.