Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma

Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma (1928–2008) was an Indian carnatic singer.[1] and teacher who descended from the royal family of Mavelikkara, Kerala.

Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma
Born1928
Died2008 (aged 7980)
GenresCarnatic
Occupation(s)Singer

Biography

He was born in 1928 as the second son of Chandraprabha Thamburatty (daughter of the great scholar A. R. Raja Raja Varma) and Rama Varma of Kilimanoor Palace. While in his mother's womb, Varma was affected by polio[2] and thus was born with disorder in his right leg, which he had to carry till his death. After his initial studies, he joined the Swathi Thirunal Music Academy in Thiruvananthapuram and after the course, joined the academy as an assistant professor in 1957. He retired as the principal of RLV College of Music and Fine Arts, Tripunithura (1981–84).

He has many illustrious disciples, including the famous Carnatic vocalists Neyyatinkara Vasudevan,Prof.P R Kumarakerala Varma, Dr. K. Omanakutti and M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri, Mavelikkara P Subrahmanyam, Ponkunnam Ramachandran, Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri, Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboothiri, Cheppad Vamanan Namboothiri, etc.

He died on 2 November 2008, at his sister's home at Tripunithura near Ernakulam. He was aged 80. He remained a lifelong bachelor. He composed several krithis written by Thulasivanam many of which are popular and are sang by artists across the globe. He received the 'Swathi Puraskaram' from the Kerala government in 2006.[3]

References

  1. "Prabhakara Varma felicitated". The Hindu. 17 November 2003. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  2. "Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma:A life Devoted To Music | Kerala for you dot in". Kerala4u.in. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. Archived 7 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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