Sirkazhi Govindarajan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian singer
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Place of Birth: seerkazhi, Tamil Nadu, India
About Sirkazhi Govindarajan
- Sirkazhi Govindarajan (19 January 1933 – 24 March 1988) was a leading vocalist in Carnatic Music. Govindarajan, was born at Sirkali, a small town in Madras Presidency (Present day Tamil Nadu) to Siva Chidambaram and Avayambal Ammal.
- Sirkazhi was the birthplace of Thirugnanasambandar, one of the Samaya Naalvar and the 63 Nayanmar of the Saiva faith.
- It was little wonder that he became a child prodigy performing at the Tirupurasundari Temple at the age of eight on the occasion of the Gnana Paal Festival.
- His son Sirkazhi G.
- Sivachidambaram is also a Carnatic singer.He graduated from the Tamil Isai College in Chennai in 1949 with the Degree 'Isaimani'.
- He also graduated with the Degree of 'Sangeetha Vidwan'.
- At the same time, he started rigorous training (Gurukulavasam) under his Guru Sri.
- Thiruppampuram Swaminatha Pillai, who was then a Professor at the Central College of Carnatic Music, Madras.
- Under his tutelage and in-depth study, he gained knowledge of the nuances and intricacies of Indian Music, especially, Classical Carnatic Music.
- During this period, 1951–1952, he won many competitions, conducted by the Sangeetha Vidwat Sabha (Music Academy) and the Rasika Ranjani Sabha.
- He was the proud recipient of three Gold Medals(First Place) in the austere and hallowed halls of Sangeetha Vidwat Sabha (Music Academy) from Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer.
- "Sangeetha Vidwan" Sirkali won all first places in the three categories: Apoorva Krithis of Sri Thyagaraja swamigal, Ragam-Thanam-Pallavi, and Tamil Classical Songs.He was conferred the Padma Shri award by the Government of India.
- The Central College of Carnatic Music was the next institution for his musical enrichment. Govindarajan had also done playback singing in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films.
- Madras University conferred a doctorate (Honoris Causa) on him in 1983.
- He died of a massive heart attack in 1988, aged just 55.
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