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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = K.G.Jayan
| image = Jayan – Vijayan.jpg
| caption = K. G. Jayan with his brother K. G. Vijayan
| birth_name = Jayan
| website =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1934|11|21}}
| birth_place = [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| genre = [[Carnatic Music]]
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1943–
| label = HMV
}}

{{short description|Indian Carnatic musician (born 1934)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
'''K. G. Jayan''' (born 21 November 1934) is an Indian [[Carnatic musician]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sathish |first1=VM |title=80-year-old carnatic singer from Kerala enthralls Dubai audience |url=https://www.emirates247.com/entertainment/films-music/80-year-old-carnatic-singer-from-kerala-enthralls-dubai-audience-2013-11-22-1.528867 |publisher=Emirates247 |date=November 22, 2013}}</ref> who was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest civilian award in India in 2019.<ref name=padma>{{cite web |title=List of Padma Awardees 2019 |url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2019AwardeesList.pdf |website=Padmaawards.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Padma Bhushan for Mohanlal, Nambi Narayanan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/padma-bhushan-for-mohanlal-nambi-narayanan/article26093724.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> He is known for devotional songs. Jayan has composed more than 1,000 songs and also has been music director for a few [[Tamil Film|Tamil]] and [[Malayalam films]]. The popular actor [[Manoj K. Jayan]] is his younger son.<ref>{{cite news |title=From Nambi Narayanan to Mohanlal: Five Padma award nominees from Kerala |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/jan/26/padma-sheen-puts-em-on-cloud-nine-1930106.html |publisher=[[New Indian Express]] |date=January 26, 2019}}</ref>

Jayan and his twin brother K. G. Vijayan, with whom he formed the famous Jaya-Vijaya team, were born as the third and fourth sons of late Gopalan Thanthrikal and late Narayani Amma on 21 November 1934 at their home in [[Kottayam]]. They started to learn Carnatic music at a very young age, and had their arangettam at [[Kumaranalloor#Kumaranalloor_Temple|Kumaranalloor Devi Temple]] at the age of nine. Their first guru was one Raman Bhagavathar, and then they learnt from Mavelikkara Radhakrishna Iyer. They underwent Ganabhooshanam course at the famous [[Swathi Thirunal College of Music]] at [[Thiruvananthapuram]] after their schooling, and passed with distinction. Later, they had their advanced training from Carnatic giants like [[Alathur Brothers]], [[Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar]] and [[M. Balamuralikrishna]]. It was during their lessons under Chembai that they started composing and singing songs.

== Awards & recognition==
* 1991 – [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi]] Award – [[Government of Kerala]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Classical Music |url=http://www.keralaculture.org/classical-music-a-ksna/464 |website=keralaculture.org}}</ref>
* 2013 – [[Harivarasanam Award]] – [[Government of Kerala]] and [[Devaswom_boards_in_Kerala#Travancore_Devaswom_Board|Travancore Devaswom Board]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-13 |title=Creating better infrastructure is top priority: Sivakumar |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/creating-better-infrastructure-is-top-priority-sivakumar/article4620932.ece |access-date=2020-11-09 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
* 2019 – [[Padma Shri]] – [[Government of India]]

== See also ==

* [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (2010–2019)]]

== References ==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}

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