P. S. Narayanaswamy

Who is P. S. Narayanaswamy?

Puliyur Subramaniam Narayanaswamy also spelt Narayanaswami is a Carnatic music vocalist. He learnt music from Tiruppambaram Somasundaram Pillai, T. M. Tyagarajan and later from Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. He awarded the Bala Gana Kala Rathnam at the age of 12. He worked in All India Radio. In 2000, he was conferred the title, `Sangeetha Kala Acharya' by the Music Academy. The `Padma Bhushan' awarded to him by the Government of India this year comes as a crowning glory.He has trained several enterprising violinists and instrumentalists including V.V.Ravi and Gayathri Venkataraghavan.