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{{infobox person<br />
|name = Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai<br />
|birth_date = 5 August 1898<br />
|birth_place = Alangudi, Tamilnadu<br />
|death_date = 1970 (aged 72)<br />
|occupation = viloinist<br />
}}<br />
'''Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai''' ({{lang-ta|கும்பகோணம் ராஜமாணிக்கம் பிள்ளை}}), 5 August 1898 - 1970 was a [[Carnatic music]] [[violin]]ist of [[Tamil Nadu]], Southern [[India]].<br />
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==Bringing up==<br />
He was born in the small village of [[Alangudi, Papanasam taluk|Alangudi]]<ref group="N">There is another [[Alangudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Alangudi]] that is a State Assembly constituency in Pudukottai district</ref> near [[Needamangalam]] located on the route going from [[Thanjavur]] to [[Tiruvarur]]. His mother Kamalathammal was keen that he should develop his musical talents.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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He commenced his training first as a vocalist under [[Nadaswaram]] maestro Kandaswamy Pillai. Later on, he underwent further training from Tiruvisanallur ''Pallavi'' Narayanaswamy Iyer and then from Pandanallur Chinnaswamy Pillai. As an instrumentalist he trained in violin for four years under Tirukodikaval Ramaswamy Iyer who was a disciple of violin maestro [[Tirukodikaval Krishna Iyer]]. His teachers opined that his music talents were more suited to be a violinist than to be a singer. So, he devoted full concentration as a violinist.<ref>[http://www.shankarmahadevan.com/carnatic-instrumentalists/ Carnatic Instrumentalists]</ref><br />
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==As a violinist==<br />
He concentrated on classical Carnatic music. Most of the time he performed as an accompanist to Carnatic singers rather than giving solo concerts. He accompanied top singers of his time.<ref name=sahana>[http://www.sahanafinearts.com/%28S%28estamo3dougzfkovtck214fg%29%29/AlLegends.aspx The journey of music]</ref><br />
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==Honours and awards==<br />
===Honours===<br />
*He was honoured in the Royal Courts of Ramanathapuram, Kochchin, Ettayapuram, Trivandrum and Mysore.<ref name=sahana/><br />
*He was appointed ''Asthana Vidhwan'' in the Courts at Trivancore in 1940 and at Ettayapuram in 1942.<ref name=sahana/><br />
*Trivandrum Chiththirai Thirunal Maharaja honoured Rajamanickam Pillai and presented an elephant to him.<ref>[http://www.cinemaexpress.com/cinemaexpress/story.aspx?Title=நூல்+விமர்சனம்:+மகாத்மா+காந்தி+பார்த்த+நந்தனார்+நாடகம்!&artid=110004&SectionID=128&MainSectionID=128&SectionName=News&SEO= Cinema Express article] (in Tamil)</ref><br />
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===Awards===<br />
* [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]], 1948 Awarded by Music Academy, Chennai.<ref>[http://www.musicacademymadras.in/fotemplate05.php?temp=ac1c9891-da71-11e2-b2c0-00167688e545&tc=acb9c3bc-f620-11e2-8d59-00304891133e&shid=acb9f4b8-f620-11e2-8d59-00304891133e Recipients of Sangita Kalanidhi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101059/http://www.musicacademymadras.in/fotemplate05.php?temp=ac1c9891-da71-11e2-b2c0-00167688e545&tc=acb9c3bc-f620-11e2-8d59-00304891133e&shid=acb9f4b8-f620-11e2-8d59-00304891133e |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref><br />
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], 1959<ref>[http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#CarnaticVeena Sageet Natak Akademi awardees] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm |date=2016-03-31 }}</ref><br />
* [[Isai Perarignar]], 1957 Awarded by Tamil Isai Sangam<ref>[http://www.tamilisaisangam.in/virudhukal.html Isai Perarignar Award Recipients]</ref><br />
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==Students==<br />
[[Dandapani Desikar|M. M. Dandapani Desikar]] and [[Mayavaram V. R. Govindaraja Pillai]] are two of his disciples who became famous.<ref name=sahana/> Cine actor [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] is his grandson.<ref>[http://tamil.koodal.com/news/shownews.asp?id=68119&title=actor-thiyagu-resigns-from-dmk-news-in-tamil News item] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310182807/http://tamil.koodal.com/news/shownews.asp?id=68119&title=actor-thiyagu-resigns-from-dmk-news-in-tamil |date=2014-03-10 }} (in Tamil)</ref><br />
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[[Category:Carnatic violinists]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil musicians]]<br />
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