Dwaram Lakshmi

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Dwaram Lakshmi
Born Nellore, India
Genres Indian classical music
Occupation(s)Singer

Dwaram Lakshmi is an Indian singer of classical carnatic and Hindustani music. She performs the bhajanas of Meera and Tulasidas and other composers of devotional music.

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Career

Dr Lakshmi participated in Radio Sangeetha Sammelan during 2007 and 2008. She has conducted workshops [1] to popularise carnatic music.

Family

Lakshmi is the granddaughter of violinist 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi', Padmasree Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu [2] and daughter of 'Sangeetha Kalaprapurna' Dwaram Bhavanarayana Rao [3] and 'Veena Vidushi' Smt. Dwaram Venkata Varadamma. Dwaram Anantha Venkata Swamy, a Civil Engineer working in Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, is her brother. [4] Dr.Dwaram Tyagaraj, her brother is also a very well established singer.

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  2. The Hindu : Arts / Music : Sharp manodharma
  3. Bhavanarayana Rao Dwaram, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 401–2.
  4. VizagCityOnline.com – Personality Profile