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Mridangam player
Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair (11 October 1920 – 13 January 1988) was a Carnatic Mridangam player. He received his training from Alleppey Venkappan Pillai and Veechur Krishna Iyer. He considered Palani Subramaniam Pillai as his 'Manasa Guru'. He received the Padma Shri from the President of India.[1] He received the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award in 1971 and the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship in 1980.[2][3] Krishnankutty Nair was also an artiste for All India Radio in Trivandrum.[4]
References
- ^ Rajagopalan, N.; Ramamurthi, B. (1990). A garland: a biographical dictionary of Carnatic composers and musicians. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan. p. 130.
- ^ "Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award: Classical Music". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Classical Music". Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ "In the footsteps of his guru". The Hindu. 3 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 December 2008. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
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