Guru-Sishya Tree of Mridangists
Compiled by Mohan Ayyar
The tree is now branching extensively. Please continue to addto, and correct it You can email me at mohan@synflux.com.au to updatethe list. Thanks to all those who have contributed so far.
There is no rank order used. A number of people have learnt fromvarious guru-s. I have included only the well-known links andhave included only artistes who were or are performing regularly.
Tanjore Vaidyanatha Iyer
	Palghat Mani Iyer
		Palghat Raghu
			Trichur Narendran
			Bombay N. Balaji
			Anand Ananthakrishnan (Raghu's grandson)
		Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman
			Umayalpuram Mali
			Arjun Kumar
			Sridhar Chari (Australia)
		Kalpathi Ramanathan
			Kalpathi Sridhar
		Yella Somanna
			V. Kamalakara Rao
			Yella Venkateswara Rao
				T. R. Sundaresan
				Srikanth Mangalam (USA)
		V. Kamalakara Rao
		Palghat Kunjumani Iyer
			Sivakumar (Palghat Mani's son-in-law)
			J. Vaidyanathan
		T.R. Rajamani (Palghat Mani's son)
		T. Srinivasan
		V. Nagarajan (ganjira)
		G. Harishankar (ganjira)
		Palghat Ramdoss
		Tanjore Ramadoss
	T. K. Murthy
		K. V. Prasad
		J. Vaidyanathan
	Mangudi R. Dorairaja Iyer
	T. R. Harihara Sarma
		Karaikudi R. Mani (see below)
		T. H. Vinayakaram (son) (ghatam)
			has a number of disciples in ghatam
		T. H. Subashchandran (son)
Tirugokarnam Mariappa Pillai (tavil)
	Pudukottai Manpoondia Pillai
		Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai (mridangam/ganjira)
			Palani Subramania Pillai (see below)
			Karaikudi Muthu Iyer
				Karaikudi R. Mani
					R. Ramesh
					T. Shyamsundar
					Ramiah
					Bangalore Rajakesari
					Karaikudi Jayaraman
					M. Ravichandhira (Melbourne,Australia)
					Sathish Pathakota (USA)
					Kumarakanthan (London, UK)
					AGA Somasundaram (London, UK)
		Palani Muthiah Pillai
			Palani Subramania Pillai (son)
				Guruvayoor Dorai
					Rohan Krishnamoorthy (USA)
				Trichy Sankaran
				Dandamudi Ram Mohan Rao
				Madrimangalam Swaminathan
				Ramnathapuram M. N. Kandaswamy
					M. V. Udayshankar
					M. V. Suryanarayanan (ganjira)
					K. Arun Prakash
					J. Balaji
				Mavelakara Krishnakutty Nair
				Pattukkottai Shanmukhanandam
				Coimbatore Ramaswamy Pillai
				Erode Gururajan
				Poovalur Venkatarama Iyer
					Trichy Sankaran
					Madrimangalam Swaminathan
					Poovalur Srinivasan (son) (USA)
					K.S.Kalidas
					K. Ashok (son)
				T. Ranganathan
				Ariyalur Ganesa Iyer
Chokanathapuram Ayya Bhagavathar
	Palghat Subba Ayyar (also with Kalpathi Krishna Iyer and his father Annaswami Bhagavathar)
		Palghat Mani Iyer (see above)
CS Sankarasivam
	CS Muruguboopathy (brother)
		Karaikudi Krishnamurthy
		G. Harishankar (ganjira)
	Ramnad Easwaran
		Ramnad Raghavan(brother)
Tanjore Upendran
	Tanjore Kumar
	Neyavelli Narayanan
	Tanjore Murugaboopathy
Sakkottai Rangu Iyengar
	Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer
		Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
		M. V. Udayshankar
		M. V. Suryanarayanan (ganjira)
		K. R. Ganesh (son)
		Palani Chakravarthy Kumar
		Shriram Brahmanandam
		Sridhar Venkatachari (Australia)
		N. Srivatsan (USA)
		S. Swaminathan (USA)
Kumbakonam Azhaganambia Pillai
	Kumbakonam Narayanaswami Iyer
		D. Govindarajan
	Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer
		(see Sakkottai Rangu Iyengar)
Vellore Gopalachari
	Vellore Ramabhadran (son)
		Sugavanam
Thripunithura G. Narayanaswamy Iyer
	TV Gopalakrishnan (nephew)
		Ram S. Sriram (USA)
Tiruvarur Kunju Iyer
	Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
Kunniseri U. Krishnaswami Iyer
	Mannargudi A. Easwaran
Melakaveri Krishnamoorthy
	Melakaveri K. Balaji (son)
Tiruvarur Krishnamurthy
	Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (nephew)
Tanjore Ramadas Rao
	Madras A. Kannan
	Venkataramana Rao
		Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
	Tanjavur Swaminatha Rao (Pillu Rao)
		Tanjavur Subramaniam
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Last Update: 15/10/1996
Email: mohan@synflux.com.au
Guru-Sishya Tree of Mridangists
Compiled by Mohan Ayyar
The tree is now branching extensively. Please continue to add to, and correct it You can email me to update the list. Thanks to all those who have contributed so far.
There is no rank order used. A number of people have learnt fromvarious guru-s. I have included only the well-known links and have included only artistes who were or are performing regularly.
Tanjore Vaidyanatha Iyer
	Palghat Mani Iyer
		Palghat Raghu
			Trichur Narendran
			Bombay N. Balaji
			Anand Ananthakrishnan (Raghu's grandson)
		Umayalpuram Sivaraman
			R. Ramesh
			Umayalpuram Mali
			Arjun Kumar
			Sridhar Chari (Australia)
		Kalpathi Ramanathan
			Kalpathi Sridhar
		Yella Somanna
			V. Kamalakara Rao
			Yella Venkateswara Rao
				T. R. Sundaresan
				Srikanth Mangalam (USA)
		V. Kamalakara Rao
		Palghat Kunjumani Iyer
			Sivakumar (Palghat Mani's son-in-law)
			J. Vaidyanathan
		T.R. Rajamani (Palghat Mani's son)
		T. Srinivasan
		V. Nagarajan (ganjira)
		G. Harishankar (ganjira)
		Palghat Ramdoss
		Tanjore Ramadoss
	T. K. Murthy
		K. V. Prasad
		J. Vaidyanathan
	Mangudi R. Dorairaja Iyer
	T. R. Harihara Sarma
		Karaikudi R. Mani (see below)
		T. H. Vinayakaram (son) (ghatam)
			has a number of disciples in ghatam
		T. H. Subashchandran (son)
Tirugokarnam Mariappa Pillai (tavil)
	Pudukottai Manpoondia Pillai
		Pudukottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai (mridangam/ganjira)
			Palani Subramania Pillai (see below)
			Karaikudi Muthu Iyer
				Karaikudi R. Mani
					R. Ramesh
					T. Shyamsundar
					Ramiah
					Bangalore Rajakesari
					Karaikudi Jayaraman
					M. Ravichandhira (Melbourne,Australia)
					Sathish Pathakota (USA)
					Kumarakanthan (London, UK)
					AGA Somasundaram (London, UK)
		Palani Muthiah Pillai
			Palani Subramania Pillai (son)
				Guruvayoor Dorai
					Rohan Krishnamurthy (USA)
				Trichy Sankaran
				Dandamudi Ram Mohan Rao
					Mahadevu Lakshmi Narayana Raju
				Madrimangalam Swaminathan
				Ramnathapuram M. N. Kandaswamy
					M. V. Udayshankar
					M. V. Suryanarayanan (ganjira)
					K. Arun Prakash
					J. Balaji
				Mavelakara Krishnakutty Nair
				Pattukkottai Shanmukhanandam
				Coimbatore Ramaswamy Pillai
				Erode Gururajan
				Poovalur Venkatarama Iyer
					Trichy Sankaran
					Madrimangalam Swaminathan
					Poovalur Srinivasan (son) (USA)
					K.S.Kalidas
					K. Ashok (son)
				T. Ranganathan
Chokanathapuram Ayya Bhagavathar
	Palghat Subba Ayyar (also with Kalpathi Krishna Iyer and his father Annaswami Bhagavathar)
		Palghat Mani Iyer (see above)
CS Sankarasivam
	CS Muruguboopathy (brother)
		Karaikudi Krishnamurthy
		G. Harishankar (ganjira)
	Ramnad Easwaran
		Ramnad Raghavan(brother)
Tanjore Upendran
	Tanjore Kumar
	Neyavelli Narayanan
	Tanjore Murugaboopathy
Sakkottai Rangu Iyengar
	Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer
		Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
		M. V. Udayshankar
		M. V. Suryanarayanan (ganjira)
		K. R. Ganesh (son)
		Palani Chakravarthy Kumar
		Umayalpuram Mali
		Shriram Brahmanandam
		Sridhar Chari (Australia)
		N. Srivatsan (USA)
		S. Swaminathan (USA)
Kumbakonam Azhaganambia Pillai
	Kumbakonam Narayanaswami Iyer
		D. Govindarajan
	Kumbakonam Rajappa Iyer
		(see Sakkottai Rangu Iyengar)
Vellore Gopalachari
	Vellore Ramabhadran (son)
		Sugavanam
Thripunithura G. Narayanaswamy Iyer
	TV Gopalakrishnan (nephew)
		Ram S. Sriram (USA)
Tiruvarur Kunju Iyer
	Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan
Kunniseri U. Krishnaswami Iyer
	Mannargudi A. Easwaran
Melakaveri Krishnamoorthy
	Melakaveri K. Balaji (son)
Tiruvarur Krishnamurthy
	Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (nephew)
Tanjore Ramadas Rao
	Madras A. Kannan
	Venkataramana Rao
		Srimushnam V. Raja Rao
	Tanjavur Swaminatha Rao (Pillu Rao)
		Tanjavur Subramaniam
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