Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma | |
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| Born | 1928 |
| Died | 2008 (aged 79–80) |
| Genres | Carnatic |
| Occupation | Singer |
Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma (1928–2008) was an Indiancarnatic singer.[1] and teacher who descended from the royal family ofMavelikkara, Kerala.
He was born in 1928 as the second son of Chandraprabha Thamburatty (daughter of the great scholarA. R. Raja Raja Varma) and Rama Varma of Kilimanoor Palace. While in his mother's womb, Varma was affected by polio[2] and thus was born with disorder in his right leg, which he had to carry till his death. After his initial studies, he joined theSwathi Thirunal Music Academy inThiruvananthapuram and after the course, joined the academy as an assistant professor in 1957. He retired as the principal ofRLV College of Music and Fine Arts,Tripunithura (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 nearErnakulam. 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.[citation needed] He received theKerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1985 and the Kerala government'sSwathi Sangeetha Puraskaram in 2006.[3][4]
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