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'''Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan''' (28 April 1928 - 15 May 2013) was an Indian [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] musician.<ref name=hindu>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/carnatic-musician-ananthalaksmi-sadagopan-no-more/article4721647.ece|title=Carnatic musician Ananthalaksmi Sadagopan no more|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 May 2013|accessdate=14 March 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309153827/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/carnatic-musician-ananthalaksmi-sadagopan-no-more/article4721647.ece|archivedate=9 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Born at [[Madurai]] on 28 April 1928, to parents A. R. Narayanan and Alamelu, Ananthalakshmi had her initial training in Carnatic music under the tutelage of [[Sattur A. G. Subramaniam]]. Then she trained under Ganesa Bhagavatar, [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]], [[Nedunuri Krishnamurthy]] and [[V. V. Sadagopan]]. She also learnt Hindustani music from [[Wamanrao Sadolikar]]. She first gave her Carnatic music concert at Madurai in the presence of [[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]] when she was 10 years of age.<ref name=hindu /><ref name=tribute>{{Cite web|url=https://dhvaniohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tribute-ananthalakshmi.pdf|title=Tribute: Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan|author=Arunn Narasimhan and T. T. Narendran|accessdate=14 March 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113184858/https://dhvaniohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/tribute-ananthalakshmi.pdf|archivedate=13 November 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Musical journey ==<br />
She has sung many songs for gramophone records. After her marriage, she moved to [[New Delhi]] where she started giving concerts in [[All India Radio|AIR]] Delhi. Her association with AIR lasted for more than 6 decades. Apart from being a performing artiste, she was a judge for auditions too.<br />
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When she lived in Chennai during the 1960s and 70s, she started giving stage concerts in addition to AIR performances.<ref name=tribute /><br />
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She has composed music for dance dramas including Meenakshi Ammai Pillai Thamizh, Villi Bharatham and Krishna Leela Tharangini and Kutrala Kuravanji.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== Awards and felicitation ==<br />
* [[Narada Gana Sabha]] felicitated her with the Senior Musician award.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== Family life ==<br />
She was married to P. Sadagopan, a former commissioner of income tax department. Her daughter is Sujatha Vijayaraghavan, musician, dance scholar and writer. Her sons are S. Srinivasan and S. Narayan.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan died on 15 May 2013.<ref name=hindu /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4wtaJc1dmeimlGAAwXrYQg Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan songs] on YouTube<br />
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[[Category:Singers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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