Madurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan is a noted Carnatic singer, musician and composer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2006. As well as being a master of the veena and harmonium, he is an exponent of harikatha.
Chennai Music Season is an event hosted every Mid November–January in the Chennai Tamil Nadu. Spanning some 9 weeks, it comprises top-flight professional and amateur musicians. The traditional role of the Music Season is to allow aficionados of Carnatic music to appreciate performances by renowned artists, and to allow promising young artists to display their talent and skill. Audiences and artists come from across India and her diaspora..
Satappa Ramanatha Muttaiya Annamalai ChettiarKCSI was an Indian industrialist, banker, educationist and philanthropist from Tamil Nadu. He is the founder of Annamalai University in Chidambaram.
Muttaiya Annamalai Chidambaram was an Indian industrialist and cricket administrator. He was the youngest son of S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar.
Chittoor Subramanyam was an Indian carnatic musician.
M. P. Periyasaamy Thooran was a patriot, Tamil poet, teacher, and composer of Carnatic music.
S. Sowmya is a Carnatic music singer. She learnt music initially from her father Dr. Srinivasan, and later from Dr. S. Ramanathan and Smt.T. Muktha. In 1998, Sowmya co-founded Carnatica - an institution dedicated to classical music & dance instruction, archival, talent search and other related activities. She also co-authored the first comprehensive reference CD-ROM on Carnatic music, Nadanubhava. She is a visiting professor at the Advanced School of Carnatic Music of the Music Academy Madras and a member of the academic council of the Tamil Nadu Music & Fine Arts University. She was also a member of the Governing Body of the Kalakshetra Foundation.
Sirkali G. Sivachidambaram is a Carnatic music vocalist from Chennai.
The Bombay sisters, C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, are a Carnatic music singing duo.
Raja Sir Muttaiya Annamalai Muthiah Chettiar was an Indian banker, politician, philanthropist, socialite and cultural activist who served as Mayor of Madras city (1933) and Minister of Excise and Education (1936–37) in the provincial government of Madras Presidency. He was holder of the hereditary title Kumar-rajah (1929–48) and later, Raja of Chettinad (1948–84).
Annamalai Chidambaram Muthiah is an Indian industrialist and cricket administrator. He served as the Chairman of Southern Petrochemical Industries Limited (SPIC) and is the chairman of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), Sriperumbudur near Chennai. He served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India from 1999 to 2001. Muthiah is the only son of M. A. Chidambaram and the grandson of Sir Annamalai Chettiar.
S. R. D. Vaidyanathan was an Indian musician who played the Nadhaswara.
The T. T. Krishnamachari Auditorium is an auditorium situated in Mylapore, Chennai. It was constructed with the patronage of Indian politician and industrialist, T. T. Krishnamachari in 1962 and houses concerts during the Chennai Music Season. It is considered to be one of the oldest venues in Chennai for Carnatic music concerts apart from the Raja Annamalai Chettiar Hall.
The S. Rm. family is an Indian family of businessmen, industrialists and bankers from the town of Kanadukathan in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, India. The family is named after its ancestor, the popular 19th century Nagarathar banker S. Rm. Muthiah Chettiar. The head of the family holds the honorific title Raja of Chettinad. The M. Ct. family has descended from one branch of the S. Rm. family.
B. Rajam Iyer was a Carnatic singer from South India. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1987.
Raja Annamalaipuram, known in short as R. A. Puram, is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. Named after banker and philanthropist, S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar who owned most of the property at one time, Raja Annamalaipuram extends along the northern banks of the Adyar River from Saidapet to the Bay of Bengal coast. PIN (Postal) Code for Raja Annamalaipuram is 600 028. Many famous Chenaiite towns like Mylapore and Mandaveli are adjacent to Raja Annamalai Puram.
Dr. Shobana Vignesh is a Classical Carnatic and Devotional Vocalist. She is popularly known as ‘Mahanadhi’ Shobana due to her stint as a child actor and singer in the National award-winning film, Mahanadi.
Subbiah Muthiah,, was an Indian writer, journalist, cartographer, amateur historian and heritage activist known for his writings on the political and cultural history of Chennai city. He was the founder of the fortnightly newspaper Madras Musings and the principal organizer of the annual Madras Day celebrations. Muthiah was also the founder-President of the Madras Book Club.
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