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Rasipuram Krishnaswami Narayanaswami (10 October 1906 – 13 May 2001), [1] better known as R. K. Narayan, was an Indian writer and novelist known for his work set in the fictional South Indian town of Malgudi. He was a leading author of early Indian literature in English along with Mulk Raj Anand and Raja Rao.
South Asian literature has a long history, having some of the oldest recorded pieces of literature, dating back to the later stages of the Bronze Age in India.Transmitted in Sanskrit, Rig veda is an ancient and sacred collection of Hindu texts originally composed between 1500 BCE and 1200 BCE by Indo-Aryan tribes that were migrating from modern Afghanistan to northern India. [3]
Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Iyer Laxman (1921–2015), Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist; Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal (1919–2009), Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in Tamil; C. R. Krishnaswamy Rao (1927–2013), administrator and civil servant
Krishnaswamy Iyer was born in a Dravida Brahmin Alladi family [1] [2] [3] in 1883 in the small village of Pudur in Madras State (present day Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh). His father, Ekamra Sastry, was a priest. Krishnaswamy passed his matriculation examination in 1899 and joined the Madras Christian College to study history. He used his ...
M. S. Subbulakshmi, F. G. Natesa Iyer, S. Varalakshmi, S. G. Pattu Iyer, Kumari Kamala, Jolly Kittu Iyer, Jayalakshmi, Ram Pyari Shok Sundaram Was shown as additional film along with Baktha Meera [19] Sri Kandha Leela: Arshadrai Mehta Premier Cinetone G. Govindarajulu Naidu
The soundtrack for the Telugu dubbed version titled Surya S/o Krishnan featured lyrics by Veturi and was released on 30 October 2008. [1] The soundtrack album opened to positive reviews and fetched multiple accolades. Upon release, Vaaranam Aayiram became the most downloaded Tamil album and was listed among the top 20 digital downloads. [2]
The following is the list of songs recorded by the popular carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi movies. Jayashri has sung several film songs for movies under music directors like M. S. Viswanathan, Ilayaraja, A. R. Rahman, Yuvan shankar raja, Harris Jayaraj, Dhina, M. M. Keeravani, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, R. P. Patnaik, Hariharan – Lesle Lewis, D ...
Pattammal was born in a Brahmin family in Kancheepuram of Tamil Nadu, India. [4] She was named Alamelu, but fondly called "Patta" as a child prodigy. [4] [5] Her father, Damal Krishnaswamy Dikshithar, who was deeply interested in music, inspired her to learn Carnatic music. [6]