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'''Manakkal Rangarajan''' (13 September 1922 - 26 February 2019) <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/vocalist-manakkal-rangarajan-dead/article26391188.ece|title = Vocalist Manakkal Rangarajan dead|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 27 February 2019}}</ref> was a [[Carnatic music]] singer who hailed from the village of [[Manakkal]] in [[Trichy]] District. His father was the late Santhana Krishna Bhagavathar. He had been singing for more than six decades and was performing even past his 80th year. He died on 26/2/2019 due to old age of 96.<ref name="mr">[http://www.carnatica.net/artiste/manakkal/manakkal1.htm Manakkal Rangarajan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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== Performing Style ==<br />
He was a specialist in ''[[Briga (Indian music)|briga]]s'', rare [[raga]]s and [[pallavi]]s.<ref name="mr" /> He had performed all over [[India]] and abroad and had been accompanied by vidwans like [[Mysore T. Chowdiah]], [[Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai]], [[Palghat Mani Iyer]], [[Nagercoil Ganesa iyer]] and [[Palani Subramaniam Pillai]].<ref name="mr" /><br />
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Rangarajan had performed at Saint [[Tyagaraja]] music festival at Thiruvaiyaru for the past sixty years without a gap.<ref name="mr" /> He is the only musician who has sung in AIR Chennai since its inception without repeating a single song. Rangarajan had the distinction of giving rare [[pallavi]] demonstrations at the [[Madras Music Academy]] using both hands for ''[[Tala (music)|Thalam]]'', comprising different ''Nadais''.<ref name="mr" /><br />
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==Titles & Awards==<br />
* [[Kalaimamani]] - [[Tamil Nadu]] State award.<br />
* ''Gayaka Samrat'' conferred by Indian Fine Arts Society Annual Conference in 1957<br />
* ''Sangita Simham'' conferred by [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi|Sangita Kalanidhi]] [[Chembai|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar]].<br />
* ''Ugadi Puraskar'' award by the Madras Telugu Academy.<br />
* Award from [[Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer]] Trust in the year 1999.<br />
* [[Sangeetha Kalasikhamani|Sangita Kalashikhamani]], 2010, Awarded by The Fine Arts Society, Chennai<br />
* Ganakala Ratna<br />
* Ganakala Sagara<br />
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