Kumbakonam Sri Rajappa Iyer is no more

annapoorne · Post by **annapoorne** » 05 Mar 2007, 20:50

A very dedicated guru and a great human being. May his soul rest in peace

meena · Post by **meena** » 06 Mar 2007, 04:53

Our condolences to the family and friends.

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meena · Post by **meena** » 06 Mar 2007, 05:33

Pedagogue par excellence:

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erode14 · Post by **erode14** » 06 Mar 2007, 11:39

i pray for his soul to rest in peace and my condolences to all his family members and sishyas

mri_fan · Post by **mri_fan** » 07 Mar 2007, 11:10

Papasasan Ashok Ramani also learned from this great master

vijay · Post by **vijay** » 07 Mar 2007, 11:50

A teacher's loss is perhaps greater than a performer's...my condolences.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 09 Mar 2007, 07:19

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/09/stor ... 150300.htm

annapoorne · Post by **annapoorne** » 09 Mar 2007, 21:50

Tribute.

Laya Pithamaha and Sangeetha Kala Acharya Sri Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer, an â€œAasanâ€

mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 12 Mar 2007, 17:02

Members
It has been more than a week since this great giant left this mortal world. Nonagenerian Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer, the great mridanga vidwan and a great Teacher is no more amongst us now. He passed away on 5th March 2007. He has many disciples all over the world and his son Shri.K.R.Ganesh is an accomplished mridanga vidwan. (I couldnt mention earlier as i was out of station for nearly 5 days and also in fact i played one concert in Bangalore on 6th in place of Shri.Umayalpuram Mali, who is also a disciple of Vidvan Rajappa Iyer, who wanted to be near his Guru's at the time of his last rites).

Following information along with his Picture appeared in the Hindu in 2001.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/ms/2 ... 140401.htm

Another Item appeared in the Hindu last week :

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/03/09/stor ... 150300.htm

Of course the coverage in Hindu was not befitting enough for this giant. At least this forum members can recollect fond memories about this Great Vidwan.

Many learnt from him: Shri.K.R.Ganesh, Srimushnam Rajarao, Shriram Brahmanandam, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan, Umayalpuram Mali, N.Vijay Siva (Vocalist), N Manoj Siva (before learning from Palghat Raghu), Chidambaram Balashankar and host of other 100s of musicians.

J.Balaji

JB
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mridhangam · Post by **mridhangam** » 12 Mar 2007, 17:07

Any one has audio recordings of this great master ?