Sangeetha Kalanidhi Maharajapuram Santhanam (Tamil: மகாராஜபுரம் ஸந்தானம்), (December 3, 1928June 24, 1992) was one of the great Carnatic music vocalists of the 20th century. He was born in Sirunangur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu. He followed the footsteps of his father Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer who was also a Carnatic singer.
Besides studying with his father, he was also a disciple of Melattur Sama Dikshitar. Maharajapuram Santhanam was also a distinguished composer. He wrote many songs on Lord Murugan and Kanchi Shankaracharya, His Holiness Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati Swamigal (Maha Periyavar). He was the Principal of Ramanathan College in Sri Lanka. Later he came and settled in Chennai. The songs which were popularised by Maharajapuram Santhanam are,"Bho Shambo" (Revati), "Madhura Madhura" (Bagheshri), both composed by Swami Dayananda Saraswati, "Unnai Allal" (Kalyani Raga), "Sadha Nin Padhame gathi, Varam onnru" (Shanmukhapriya), "Srichakra Raja" (Ragamalika), "Nalinakaanthimathim" (Ragamalika),"Ksheerabdi kannike" (Ragamalika) among others. The Maharajapuram Santhanam Day is celebrated on the 3rd of December every year.
He died in a car accident on June 24, 1992. His sons Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan, Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran, and his primary disciple Dr. R. Ganesh are now carrying on his musical tradition.
His other most popular songs are Purandaradasa kritis: "Narayana ninna" (Shuddha Dhanyasi) and "Govinda ninna". His rendition of "Vilayada ithu nerama muruga" was without parallel. His renditions were full of Bhakthi.
Songs List:
1. Gananayaka 00:00
2. Sri Vatapi 06:18
3. Kanaga Sapapathiku 14:14
4. Idathu Paadam 19:13
5. Unnaiyellal 25:11
6. Dayavillaiya Dayala 31:13
7. Enmugam 37:05
8. Mahalakshmi 41:31
9. Thirukedeswara 50:08
10. Thillana 55:54
==Song Details this Jukebox==
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► Song - Gananayaka
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - N.S.Ramachandran
► Song - Sri Vatapi
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Papanasam Sivan
► Song - Kanaga Sapapathiku
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Gopalakrishna Bharathi
► Song - Idathu Paadam
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Papanasam Sivan
► Song - Unnaiyellal
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Papanasam Sivan
► Song - Dayavillaiya Dayala
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Papanasam Sivan
► Song - Enmugam
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Yazhpanam Veeramani
► Song - Mahalakshmi
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Papanasam Sivan
► Song - Thirukedeswara
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Maharajapuram Santhanam
► Song - Thillana
Vocal Artist - Maharajapuram Santhanam
Lyr & Comp - Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
Label - Vani Recording Co
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