Dakshinamurthy Pillai

Who is Dakshinamurthy Pillai?

Dakshinamurthy Pillai lived during 1875 to 1937. Apart from Khanjira he was also a renowned mrudhanga vidhwan. His learnt his lessons from Pudukottai Manpundia Pillai. He was influenced by the concerts of Thanjavur Krishna Bhagavathar, Thanjavur Pakkari and Narayana Pai. He was ardent devotee of Lord Murugan and went on to become famous as Chinmayananda Guru. His pupils include Palani Subramania Pillai,Thanjavur Ramadas, Palghat Mani Iyer Devakottai Sunder Raj and Thangavellu Pillai of Malaysia. Mrudhanga vidhwan Thangavellu Pillai hailed from Trichy, India and migrated to Malaya in 1927.

Dakshinamurthy Pillai was a leading ganjira artist who accompanied musicians in Carnatic music concerts during the period between 1875CE-1925CE.

He attained Sajeeva Samadhi and was revered as a "Mahan" according to Madras A. Kannan, a Mrudhangam vidhwan. This was personally narrated by him according to this URL:http://vinjamurivaradarajaiyengar.com/Madras_Kannan.htm