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'''Kadakkavoor Pachan Brahmanandan''' (22 February 1946 – 10 August 2004) was a South Indian playback singer from [[Kerala]].<ref name="thehindu.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/11/stories/2004081108550400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205000535/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/08/11/stories/2004081108550400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 February 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |title=Kerala News : Brahmanandan dead |date=2004-08-11 |access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Brahmanandan was born in [[Kadakkavoor]], which is located north of [[Trivandrum]] district in Kerala, on 22 February 1946. His parents were Pachan and Bhavani. He was the third child of his parents, who totally had eight children. He began to study [[Carnatic music]] since a young age, firstly from his uncle Kadakkavoor Sundaram Bhagavathar, and later from the eminent musician [[D. K. Jayaraman]]. Brahmanandan was the father of Rakesh Brahmanandan, another Malayalam singer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/Singer-Rakesh-Brahmanandan-getting-married/articleshow/30665640.cms |access-date=4 September 2018 |title=Singer Rakesh Brahmanandan getting married |first=Deepa |last=Soman |website=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927234320/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/music/Singer-Rakesh-Brahmanandan-getting-married/articleshow/30665640.cms |archive-date=27 September 2014}}</ref><br />
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Brahmanandan died at his home in Kadakkavoor on 10 August 2004, at the age of 58.<ref name="thehindu.com"/> He was cremated at the premises of his home the next day. He is survived by his wife Usha, son Rakesh and daughter Athira.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Brahmanandan has received All-India Radio Award in 1965, Critics Award in 1999, and [[Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award]] in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brahmanandan.com/awards.html |title=Official Website of K P Brahmanandan |publisher=Brahamanadan.com |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205180639/http://brahmanandan.com/awards.html |archive-date=5 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keralaculture.org/light-music/467 |title=Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Light Music |publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala|access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
He also sang for a dozen Tamil films, for composers such as [[Ilaiyaraja]]...Santha Kavigal for Tamil movie "Metti" from Director Mahendran and [[Shankar–Ganesh]], and composed the music for two movies, `Malayathi Pennu' and `Kanni Nilaavu'.<ref name="thehindu.com"/><br />
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"Brahmanandan Foundation", constituted in memory of Brahmanandan encourages projects that promote values in line with particular interests that are well informed, that have clearly defined goals, and that are innovative and risk-taking, while acknowledging traditional standards of excellence and responsibility to the music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brahmanandan.com/brahmanandan-foundation.html |title=Official Website of K P Brahmanandan |publisher=Brahmanandan.com |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205172832/http://brahmanandan.com/brahmanandan-foundation.html |archive-date=5 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The foundation has also constituted Brahmanandan memorial award, for excellence in Music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/movies/malayalam/135029/ |title=Club FM, Ravi Menon gets Brahmanandan award, Malayalam - Mathrubhumi English Movies |publisher=Mathrubhumi.com |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084832/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/english/movies/malayalam/135029/ |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Singers from Thiruvananthapuram]]<br />
[[Category:Film musicians from Kerala]]<br />
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