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| name = Maharajapuram Santhanam<br />
| birth_name = Maharajapuram Viswanatha Santhanam<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1928|05|20}}<br />
| birth_place = Sirunangur, Tamilnadu<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1992|6|24|1928|05|20}}<br />
| occupation = carnatic vocalist<br />
}}<br />
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'''Maharajapuram Santhanam''', (20 May 1928-24 June 1992) was an Indian [[Carnatic music]] [[vocalist]]. He was awarded the [[Madras Music Academy]]'s [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] in 1989. He was born in Sirunangur, a village in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He followed the footsteps of his father [[Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer]] who was also a renowned Carnatic vocalist.<br />
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== Career ==<br />
Besides studying with his father, he was also a disciple of Melattur Sama Dikshitar. Maharajapuram Santhanam was also a distinguished composer. He wrote many songs on Lord [[Murugan]] and Kanchi Shankaracharya, Sri [[Chandrasekarendra Saraswati]] Swamigal (Maha Periyavar). He was the principal of Ramanathan College in Sri Lanka.<ref>Ludwig Pesch, ''The Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music'' (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1999), p. 238.</ref> Later he came and settled in [[Chennai]]. The songs which were popularised by Maharajapuram Santhanam are,"''Bho Shambo''" ([[Revati (ragam)|Revati]]), "''Madhura Madhura''" (Bagheshri), both composed by [[Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)|Swami Dayananda Saraswati]], "''Unnai Allal''" ([[Mechakalyani|Kalyani]] [[Raga]]), "''Sadha Nin Padhame gathi'', ''Varam onnru''" ([[Shanmukhapriya]]), "''Srichakra Raja''" (Ragamalika), "''Nalinakaanthimathim''" (Ragamalika),"Ksheerabdi kannike" (Ragamalika), "Thillana (Revathy)" among others. The [[Maharajapuram Santhanam Day]] is celebrated on 3 December every year.<br />
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He died in a car accident near [[Chennai]] on 24 June 1992, which also killed a few other members of his family. His sons Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan, Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran, and his primary disciple Dr. R. Ganesh are now carrying on his musical tradition.<br />
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His other most popular songs are [[Purandaradasa]] [[Kriti (music)|kritis]]: "''[[Narayana Ninna Namada|Narayana ninna]]''" ([[Shuddha Dhanyasi]]) and "''Govinda ninna''". His rendition of "''Vilayada ithu nerama muruga''" was without parallel. His renditions were full of [[Rasa (aesthetics)|''Bhakthi'']].<br />
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In Chennai, Griffith Road in T.Nagar was renamed as 'Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai' in honor of Maharajapuram Santhanam. The street has the famous [[Krishna Gana Sabha]] and [[Muppathamman Temple]].<br />
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==Awards and titles==<br />
* [[Padma Shri]] - 1990<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref><br />
* [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] from the [[Madras Music Academy]] - 1989<br />
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] award - 1984<br />
* [[Kalaimamani]] award by Tamil Nadu Government<br />
* "Sangeetha Sudhakara" by the Yoga vedanta University at [[Rishikesh]]<br />
* "Gana Kalanidhi" by [[Chandrasekhara Bharati III|Sri Chandrasekhara Bharati]] of [[Sringeri Sharada Peetha]]<br />
* "Sangitha Sagaramritha Varshi" by [[Jayendra Saraswathi]] of [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]].<br />
* A former "Asthana Vidwan" of the [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]], [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]], [[Pittsburgh]] Venkatachalapathi Temple and the [[Ganapathi Sachchidananda|Ganapathi Sachidananda]] Ashrama<br />
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== References ==<br />
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:4. [http://www.indianmelody.com/msanthanamarticle1.htm ^ Maharajapuram Santhanam A Life of Music]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090812103051/http://www.maharajapuram.in/maharajapuram/index.html Maharajapuram musical family]<br />
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