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Dr. Suma Sudhindra is a veena student of Chittibabu. Raman Kalyan, also known as V. K. Raman and as Flute Raman, studied under Dr. N. Ramani.

Om Prakash Chourasiya was born in Bhopal District and attended Benares Hindu University. He received training from Dr. Lalmani Misra and Shiv Kumar Sharma.

Raga ChandraNeel derives from Chandrakauns, but adds a Panchama (G) in the descending scale.

Madras Lalitangi Vasanthakumari (popularly referred to as MLV) (3 July 1928 – 31 October 1990), was a contemporary of D.K. Pattammal and M.S. Subbulakshmi, was a prime disciple of G.N. Balasubramaniam.

Srividya (shown here) is the daughter of MLV.

Raghunath Seth was born in Gwalior 1931, and died on 15 February 2014. He learnt from Pannalal Ghosh. Raga Vijai Nagari is of Carnatic origin.

U. Srinivas (28 February 1969 - 19 September 2014) was a child prodigy. He was the first musician to use the electric mandolin in Carnatic music. He modified the electric western instrument, using five single strings instead of the traditional four doubled strings to suit the Carnatic pitch, raga system, and especially "gamakas", or nuanced oscillations. He developing a phenomenal style of playing entirely his own, and astonishingly, on an instrument that had never been played in the rigorous and difficult Carnatic style before.

Ranajit Sengupta leant sarod from Dhyanesh Khan and Aashish Khan.

Both were leading students of Pandit Jasraj. Kala Ramnath's father is T.N. Mani, the brother of Carnatic violinist T.N. Krishnan and Hindustani violinist N. Rajam.

This is a bhajan: "Prabhuji tuma chandana hama pani"

Dr. Jon Borthwick Higgins (18 September 1939 – 7 December 1984) attended Wesleyan University, which had a strong ethnomusicology program including T. Ranganathan. In the early 60s (long before it was fashionable), he went to South India on a Fulbright scholarship to learn from T. Ranganathan's brother, T. Viswanathan. Higgins is the first non-Indian to perform Carnatic music with a high level of proficiency.

Jalatharangam is found in both North and South India. Jalatharangam (or Jal Tarang) is an array of up to 22 bowls of varying sizes, which can be made of either bronze or porcelain. They are tuned by adding precise amounts of water, and played with little sticks. 🥢🍵💦

This recording was originally issued in India on the Sangeetha label in 1983.

Sipra Bose (1945-2008) was a Hindustani singer from Kolkata, specializing in light classical and Bengali songs. She studied under Chinmoy Lahiri, Begum Akhtar and Naina Devi.

Maybe this Thumri is in Mishra Tilang?

M.S. Gopalakrishnan, a.k.a. MSG, (10 June 1931 – 3 January 2013) was born in Mylapore, a neighborhood in central Chennai. He was taught violin by his father, Parur Sundaram Iyer (from Kerala), who was well versed in both Carnatic and Hindustani systems of Indian classical music.

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004) was an Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Exacting purists acknowledge M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the Carnatic tradition of South India.

Tallapaka Annamacharya (1408-1503) from Andhra Pradesh, was a musician, composer, and Hindu saint. He is the earliest known Indian musician to compose "samkirtanas", praising Venkateshwara.

Rezwana Choudhury Bannya is a Bangladeshi singer and academic.