Maharajapuram Santhanam, (20 May 1928-24 June 1992) was one of the greatest Carnatic music vocalists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1989. 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.
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1928 Sirunangur, Tamilnadu
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1992 (aged 63)
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