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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Mohan
| image = Manjapra Mohan.JPG
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| background = solo_singer
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| birth_place = [[Manjapra]], [[Kerala]], India
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| occupation = Singer
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| website ={{url|http://www.manjapramohan.com}}
}}

'''Manjapra Mohan''' is a [[devotional song|devotional singer]] from [[Kerala]], India. He is the nephew of [[M. D. Ramanathan]], a legendary singer of [[Carnatic music]]. He has written, composed and sung many bhajans in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Malayalam]] and [[Sanskrit]], praising almost all Hindu deities.

Mohan was born in the village of [[Manjapra]] in [[Palakkad district]], Kerala, in a devout [[Tamil Brahmin]] family.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news| last =Srikanth |first =Venkatasan |title =In the service of the divine | work =The Hindu | publisher =The Hindu Group | date =1 January 2015 | url =http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/in-the-service-of-the-divine/article6745432.ece | accessdate =19 April 2015 }}</ref> M. D. Ramanathan is his paternal uncle. Mohan sings in the [[Sampradaya]] [[Bhajan]] style and has performed in India, the Middle East and Europe.<ref name="Hindu"/>

==Awards and honours ==
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* In the year 2000 Namasankeertana trust, Dombvli, Mumbai convened by former election commissioner Sri T.N. Seshan recognized his contributions towards Namasankirtan.
* Recognized by the Toronto Ayyappa Temple and also by the Sidhi Vinayagar Aalayam of Switzerland.
* In the year 2003, he was awarded the title of "Bhajana Gandharvan" by the Hindu tradition and culture, Coimbatore.
* Felicitated by Nallepilly Narayanalayam trust in 2006 and awarded the title as "Namapracharaka Ratna."
* Awarded "Bhajan Samrat" by the Sabari Trust, of Bangalore in the year 2007.
* In 2010 he has been awarded by the Sukritham Association of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), as "Bhajana Ratna of 2010". On the occasion of the 75th birthday celebrations of Kanchi Periyaval Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Shankaracharya Swamigal, Shri Manjapra Mohan was invited to sing bhajans and received the blessings from Periyaval.
* Conferred with the title of "Bhajana Ratnakara Chakravarthy" by SriJayendra Saraswathi Swamigal in a glittering function at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Chennai in 2010 along with other great vidwans like Umayalpuram Sivaraman, T K Govind Rao, Manakal Raganathan...
* Blessed by "Bhagavatha Hamsam Brahmasri [[Malliyoor Sankaran Namboothiri]]" On the occasion of his birthday celebrations at Malliyoor Vinayaka Temple – Kottyam and awarded with the title "Namasankeerthana Visharadhan."
* Awarded "Rasika Jana Priya" by Paarijatham Charitable Trust – Vadavalli Coimbatore in 2011.

==Albums==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Month !! Album Name !! Publisher
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2012 || December || Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 12 ||rowspan="15"| Gaurang Audios
|-
| March || Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 11
|-
| 2010 || November || Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 10
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2009 || November || Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 9
|-
| rowspan="2"| January || Sasthaprasadam
|-
| Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 8
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2008 ||rowspan="2"| December || Sastha Preethi
|-
| Eeswarabajanam
|-
|rowspan="7"| 2007 ||rowspan="7"| December || Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 7
|-
| Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 6
|-
| Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 5
|-
| Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 4
|-
| Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 3
|-
| Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 2
|-
| Namasangeerthanam - Vol. 1
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Bhajan singers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Singers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian male classical singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:People from Palakkad district]]
[[Category:21st-century male singers]]
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