Name Palghat Bhagavathar Role Vocalist | Died 1957 | |
Palghat Rama Bhagavathar (5 June 1888 – 26 May 1957) was an Indian musician.
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Bhagavathar was born in Mundaya (മുണ്ടായ) village near Shoranur, Palghat, Kerala, India and was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. He took his early gurukulavasam with Palghat Anantarama Bhagavathar as well as Carnatic exponents like Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer. His father, Kasturi Ranganathan was an Adhikari or a Revenue Collector in British India who was called Adhikari Rangan Pattar.
Career
His first Carnatic concert was at the Kalpathy Kasi Viswanatha Swamy Temple and so was his last concert.
He launched the Palghat (Palakkad) edition of the Thyagaraja Aradhana at Kalpathi Ram Dhyana Madom.
Personal life
He died in May 1957 in Kalpathi, Kerala. His wife, Rugmani Ammal, died in 1991. The couple had seven sons: Ranganathan (Raju), Seshamani, Venkataramanan, Viswanathan, Lakshminarayanan, Sankaran and Krishnan. They also had 3 daughters - Mangalam, Kanakam and Jayam.