Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram
Carnatic music, Musical Artist
1944 –
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Who is Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram?
Thetakudi Harihara Vinayakram, also known as Vikku Vinayakram is a Grammy Award–winning Indian percussionist. He plays Carnatic music with the ghatam, an earthen pot, and is credited with popularizing the ghatam.
He was awarded the Padma Shri, given by Government of India in 2002, and later the 2012 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the performing arts conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Finally he was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
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- Born
- Jun 24, 1944
Chennai - Also known as
- Vikku Vinayakram
- Pt. T. H. Vinayakram
- Children
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on July 23, 2013
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