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[[Carnatic Music|Carnatic music]] is the classical music of South India. The following lists provide links to concert artists who have been widely recognised.<br />
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==Vocalists - born before 1800==<br />
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* [[Dharma Raja]] Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma, born 1724<br />
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*[[Tyagaraja]], born 1767<br />
* Chinnaswami Dikshitar, born 1778, (Muthuswami Dikshitar's brother, sang Dikshitar Kritis) <br />
*[[Irayimman Thampi]], born 1782<br />
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* Balaswami Dikshitar, born 1786 (Muthuswami Dikshitar's brother, sang Dikshitar Kritis)<br />
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*[[Shadkala Govinda Marar]], born 1798, [[Endaro Mahanubhavulu]] was sung by Tyagaraja after he heard Marar sing.<br />
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==Vocalists - born between 1801 and 1900==<br />
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Stamp of India - 1991 - Colnect 164183 - Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar - Singer and Composer.jpeg|[[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]]<br />
Chembai 1996 stamp of India.jpg|[[Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar]]<br />
Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer.jpg|[[Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer]]<br />
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*[[Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar]], born 1803<br />
*[[Subbaraya Sastri]], born 1803 - rare honour to learn from the Trinity of Carnatic Music.<br />
*[[Palghat Parameswara Bhagavathar]], born 1815<br />
*[[Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer|Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan]], born 1844<br />
* Ramaswami Sivan - Elder brother of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan. One of the earliest performing vocalist duo. <br />
*[[Patnam Subramania Iyer]], born 1845<br />
*[[Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar]], born 1860<br />
*[[Mysore Vasudevachar]], born 1865<br />
*[[Tiger Varadachariar]], born 1876<br />
*[[Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu]], born 1883<br />
*[[Madurai Pushpavanam]]<br />
*[[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]], born 1890<br />
*[[Chembai|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar]], born 1896<br />
*[[Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer]], born 1896<br />
*[[Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai]], born 1898<br />
*[[Musiri Subramania Iyer]], born 1899<br />
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== Vocalists - born between 1901 and 1925 ==<br />
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File:Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.jpg|[[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]]<br />
File:Madurai Mani Iyer 1948.jpg|[[Madurai Mani Iyer]]<br />
File:M. S. Subbulakshmi (03).jpg|[[M. S. Subbulakshmi]]<br />
File:DKPattammal.jpg|[[D. K. Pattammal]]<br />
File:LalitaVenkatram1939b.png|alt=A young South Asian woman wearing a light-colored sari|[[Lalita Venkatram]]<br />
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*[[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]], born 1908<br />
*[[K. B. Sundarambal]], born 1908<br />
*[[Lalita Venkatram]], born 1909<br />
*[[G. N. Balasubramaniam]], born 1910<br />
*[[Alathur Brothers]]: [[Alathur Srinivasa Iyer|Srinivasa Iyer]] (born 1911) & Sivasubramania Iyer (born 1916)<br />
*[[Madurai Mani Iyer]], born 1912<br />
*[[Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar]], born 1912<br />
*[[T. Brinda]], born 1912<br />
*[[T. Muktha]], born 1914<br />
*[[M. S. Subbulakshmi]], born 1916<br />
*[[Sattur A. G. Subramaniam]], born 1916<br />
*[[S. Ramanathan (musician)|S. Ramanathan]], born 1917<br />
*[[Vasundhara Devi]], born 1917<br />
*[[Ramnad Krishnan]], born 1918<br />
*[[Rajam Pushpavanam]], born 1918<br />
*[[D. K. Pattammal]], born 1919<br />
*[[Madurai Somasundaram]], born 1919<br />
*[[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]], born 1919<br />
*[[N. C. Vasanthakokilam]], born 1919<br />
*[[R. K. Srikantan]], born 1920<br />
*[[B. Rajam Iyer]], born 1922<br />
*[[Manakkal Rangarajan]], born 1922<br />
*[[K. V. Narayanaswamy]], born 1923<br />
*[[M. D. Ramanathan]], born 1923<br />
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== Vocalists - born between 1926 and 1950 ==<br />
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File:MLVasanthakumari.jpg|[[M. L. Vasanthakumari]]<br />
File:Pandit balamuralikrishna.jpg|[[Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna]]<br />
File:A still of Shri Trichur Vaidyanatha Ramachandran who will be presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Carnatic Music - Vocal by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004.jpg|[[Trichur V. Ramachandran]]<br />
File:T. N. Sheshagopalan.jpeg|[[T. N. Seshagopalan]]<br />
File:N. Lalitha Bhanu.jpg |[[N. Lalitha Bhanu]]<br />
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*[[L.P.R. Varma]], born 1926<br />
*[[Nedunuri Krishnamoorthy]], born 1927<br />
*[[M. L. Vasanthakumari]], born 1928<br />
*[[Maharajapuram Santhanam]], born 1928<br />
*[[Vairamangalam LakshmiNarayanan]], born 1928<br />
*[[D. K. Jayaraman]], born 1928<br />
*[[Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna]], born 1930<br />
*[[S. Kalyanaraman]], born 1930<br />
*[[N. Lalitha Bhanu]], born 1931<br />
*[[T. V. Gopalakrishnan]], born 1932<br />
*[[Radha Jayalakshmi]] Sisters, born 1932<br />
*[[Seerkazhi Govindarajan]], born 1933<br />
*[[P. S. Narayanaswamy]], born 1934<br />
*[[P. Leela|P Leela]], born 1934<br />
*[[R. Vedavalli]], born 1935<br />
*[[Bombay Sisters]] - C.Saroja (1936) and C.Lalitha (1938)<br />
*[[Jon B. Higgins]], born 1939<br />
*[[Pattu Rajagopalan]]<br />
*[[Trichur V. Ramachandran]], born 1940<br />
*[[K. J. Yesudas]], born 1940<br />
*[[T. V. Sankaranarayanan]], born 1945<br />
*[[O. S. Thyagarajan]], born 1947<br />
*[[Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan]], born 1948<br />
*[[Garimella Balakrishna Prasad]], born 1948<br />
*[[Hyderabad Brothers]] - D. Seshachari and D. Raghavachari<br />
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== Vocalists born between 1951 and 1975 ==<br />
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Sutha Ragunathan Perth Au 2012.JPG|[[Sudha Ragunathan]]<br />
Sanjay Subrahmanyan.jpg|[[Sanjay Subrahmanyan]]<br />
PrinceRamaVarma.jpg|[[Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma]]<br />
Nithyasree mahadevan.jpg|[[Nithyasree Mahadevan]]<br />
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*[[Charumathi Ramachandran]], born 1951<br />
*[[Aruna Sairam]], born 1952<br />
*[[Sudha Ragunathan]], born 1956<br />
*[[Bellary M Raghavendra]], born 1958<br />
*[[Bombay Lakshmi Rajagopalan]], born 1959<br />
*[[Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram]], born 1959<br />
*[[K. S. Chithra]], born 1963<br />
*[[Neyveli Santhanagopalan]], born 1963<br />
*[[P. Unnikrishnan]], born 1966<br />
*[[Shankar Mahadevan]], born 1967<br />
*[[Vijay Siva]], born 1967<br />
*[[Sanjay Subrahmanyan]], born 1968<br />
*[[Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma]], born 1968<br />
*[[S. Sowmya]], born 1969<br />
*[[Malladi Brothers]] - Sreeram Prasad (1971) and Ravi Kumar (1973)<br />
*[[Gayathri Girish]], born 1973<br />
*[[Nithyashree Mahadevan]], born 1973<br />
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== Vocalists born between 1976 and 2000 ==<br />
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RG in Concert Nov 2011 .jpg|[[Ranjani-Gayatri]]<br />
TM Krishna mavelikara2019.jpg|[[T. M. Krishna]]<br />
Sikkil Gurucharan in Concert.jpg|[[Sikkil Gurucharan]]<br />
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08FR S SAKATHARAMAN 22165g.jpg|[[Saketharaman]]<br />
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*[[Ranjani-Gayatri]] - Ranjani (born 1973) and Gayatri (born 1976)<br />
*[[T. M. Krishna]], born 1976<br />
*[[Vishaka Hari]], born 1978<br />
*[[Nisha Rajagopalan]], born 1980<br />
*[[Sriram Parthasarathy]], born 1981<br />
*[[Ranjani Hebbar]], born 1981<br />
*[[Sikkil Gurucharan]], born 1982<br />
*[[Saketharaman]], born 1982<br />
*[[Abhishek Raghuram]], born 1985<br />
*[[K. V. Krishna Prasad]], born 1988<br />
*[[Sid Sriram]], born 1990<br />
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==Vocalists - born after 2000==<br />
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* [[Rahul Vellal]], born 2007<br />
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== Other vocalists ==<br />
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*[[Chong Chiu Sen]]<br />
*[[Gayathri Venkataraghavan]]<br />
*[[Geetha Rajashekar]]<br />
*[[S. J. Jananiy]]<br />
*[[Bombay Jayashri]]<br />
*[[Mahathi]]<br />
*[[Vedavathi Prabhakar]]<br />
*[[Priya Sisters]] - Vemuri Shanmukha Priya and Hari Priya<br />
* Palghat R. Ramprasad<br />
*[[Pantula Rama]]<br />
*[[Ramakrishnan Murthy]]<br />
*[[Sampagodu Vighnaraja]]<br />
*[[Sreevalsan J Menon]]<br />
*[[M. S. Sheela]]<br />
*[[R. Suryaprakash]]<br />
*[[Vani Sateesh]]<br />
*[[Vidya Subramanian]]<br />
*[[Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam]]<br />
*[[Visalakshi Nityanand]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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