Thirumarugal Natesapillai Rajarathinam Pillai (27 August 1898 – 12 December 1956) or TNR[1] was an Indian Carnatic musician, nadaswarammaestro, vocalist and film actor.[2] He was popularly known as "Nadaswara Chakravarthi" (literally, the Emperor of Nadaswaram)
Rajarathnam Pillai was a recipient of many titles, none of them official or academic. He was popularly known as Nadaswara Chakravarthi meaning Emperor of Nagaswaram.[5] He is believed to have promoted nadaswaram and tavil players for recognition as musicians in their own right and it is thought that his lead was recognised when the Madras Music Academy conferred the title of Sangeetha Kalanidhi (doctor of music) on fellow nagaswaram exponent Thiruvizhimizhalai Subramania Pillai in 1956. In spite of his fame and following, there is no formal or official account of his life readily available in Tamil or another language.[citation needed]
References
^. The Hindu. 7 December 2007. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007.
^Vijaya Ramaswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Scarecrow Press. p. 160. ISBN978-0-8108-6445-0.
^Blast From the Past - Kalamegham 1940, The Hindu 21 September 2007
^. The Hindu. 14 January 2007. Archived from the original on 17 January 2007.
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