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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Damal Krishnaswamy Jayaraman<br />
| image = D.K. Jayaraman.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|7|22}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1991|1|25|1928|7|29}}<br />
| death_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| origin = [[Kanchipuram]], [[Madras Presidency]], India<br />
| occupation = singer<br />
| years_active = 1933–1991<br />
| genre = [[Carnatic music]] and [[Playback singer|playback singing]]<br />
| label = HMV, EMI, RPG, AVM Audio, Inreco, Charsur Digital Workshop etc.<br />
}}<br />
{{Indian name|Jayaraman|Krishnaswamy}}<br />
'''D. K. Jayaraman''' (popularly known as '''DKJ'''), the renowned brother of [[D. K. Pattammal]], was a professional [[Carnatic music]] singer. He was awarded the [[Madras Music Academy]]'s [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] in 1990.<ref name="ShanmukhaApr91">{{cite journal<br />
| last1 = Rajendran| first1 = Sulochana<br />
| title = An Eternal Student - A Tribute<br />
| journal = Shanmukha<br />
| volume = XVII<br />
| issue = 2<br />
| pages = 37<br />
| publisher = Sri Shanmukhananda Fine Arts & Sangeetha Sabha<br />
| location = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| date = April 1991<br />
}}</ref><br />
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After learning music from his sister, he furthered his musical skills under many known masters in the field, including [[Muthiah Bhagavathar]] and [[Papanasam Sivan]]. Like his sister, Jayaraman was known for his moving krithi renditions, especially of [[Muthuswami Dikshitar]]'s compositions. Jayaraman also sang Tamil songs such as those of Papanasam Sivan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.carnatica.net/artiste/dkjayaraman.htm |title=Carnatica biography |access-date=29 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060513/http://www.carnatica.net/artiste/dkjayaraman.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Early life and background==<br />
[[File:DKPattammal-DKJayaraman-young.jpg|thumb|left|DK Jayaraman (left) in concert vocally accompanying his sister, DK Pattammal; ''circa'' early 1940s.]]<br />
Born on 22 July 1928, to Damal Krishnaswamy Dikshitar and Rajammal in Kanchipuram, popularly and affectionately known as DKJ, was the brother of the music queen D.K. Pattammal. DKJ inherited his perfect diction, interest and aptitude for Tamil songs from his father who was proficient in Tamil literature.<br />
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DKJ’s first formal guru was his own sister Sangeetha Kalanidhi [[D.K. Pattammal]] to whom, he declares, he owes everything. But having a keen mind, he absorbed a lot by just listening to Vidwans like Ambi Dikshitar, N.S. Krishnaswamy Iyengar (disciple of Kanchipuram Naina Pillai), [[Koteeswara Iyer]], Flute Venkatarama Iyer, [[T. L. Venkatarama Iyer]] and [[Papanasam Sivan]], when they came home to coach Pattammal. DKJ was perpetually thirsty for knowledge. He once pestered DKP to write down the words of Balagopala kriti for him. Where other children cherished their wooden toys or rocking horses, DKJ’s prized possession was that bit of paper containing the great piece. He mastered the kriti overnight and rendered it perfectly the next day to an astonished but appreciative DKP. Small wonder then, that DKP fostered her younger brother‘s musical talent right from a tender age.<ref>{{Cite web|title=D.K.Jayaraman |url=http://dkjayaraman.com/history.html |website=dkjayaraman.com |accessdate=2015-11-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208104644/http://dkjayaraman.com/history.html |archivedate=2015-12-08 }}</ref><br />
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Some of his popular disciples include [[Vijay Siva]], [[R. K. Shriramkumar]], Balaji Shankar, Dr. S.Sunder, Asha Ramesh, T G Badrinarayanan, Sharada Mani, and Sukanya Jayaraman.<br />
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His son J Vaidyanathan is an eminent [[Mridangam]] player.<br />
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