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B S Raja Iyengar (1901 - 1978) was a carnatic vocalist who also served as Court Musician at [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore Kingdom]].<br />
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==Background and Personal Life==<br />
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B.S. Raja Iyengar was born in 1901 in [[Banavara|Banavar]], Karnataka.<br />
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==Career==<br />
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B.S.Raja Iyengar studied the carnatic music with Bidara Krishnappa, K. Vasudeva and K.V.Sreenivasa Iyengar. He was known for his renditions of ragas, padams as well as devotional songs. He also sang many Kannada stage songs.<br />
He was a court Musician at Mysore and received Mysore State Sangeet Nataka Akademy award in 1965. He was awarded [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1973 in the field of Music for his contribution to Karnatic Vocal Music.<ref>{{cite web | title=B. S. Raja Iyengar | url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=476&at=2 }}</ref> He was also the president of the first [[Karnataka Ganakala Parishat]] held in 1970.<ref>{{ cite news | title=Looking back, looking ahead | publisher=The Hindu | date=13 February 2020 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Musicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:1901 births]]<br />
[[Category:People from Karnataka]]<br />
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