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| genre = Carnatic music<br />
| instrument = [[Mridangam]]<br />
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| citizenship = {{ubl|British Indian (1933-1947)|Indian (1947-2011)}}<br />
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| birth_place = [[Vuyyuru]], [[British India]] (present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]])<br />
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| death_place = [[Vijayawada]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1994) <br />
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'''Dandamudi Ramamohan Rao''' (18 March 1933{{snd}}31 January 2011), also known as '''Dandamudi Ramamohana Rao''', was an Indian [[mridangam]] player. He received the ''Kala Praveena'' title from the Andhra Pradesh Sangeet Natak Academy in 1981 and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for mridangam from [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], Government of India in 1994.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Dandamudi Ramamohan Rao was born on 18 March 1933, in [[Vuyyuru]] in present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="SNA">{{cite web |title=Dandamudi Ramamohana Rao |url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/public/uploads/awardees/docs/D_Ramamohana_Rao.pdf |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]]}}</ref> He began learning the mridangam at the age of six. An exponent of the Pudukottai style of mridangam, he received training from eminent musicians such as K. Ranganayakulu, Potluri Veeraraghava Chowdhury, Tirupati Ramanuja Suri, Edara Nagaraju and Palani Subramaniam Pillai.<ref name="Hindu">{{cite news |title=A legendary percussionist |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/A-legendary-percussionist/article15293081.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=10 February 2011 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He gave his first concert in 1939. Along with the mridangam, he has also mastered the [[Kanjira]] and [[Morsing]].<ref name="SNA"/><br />
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His wife, [[Nidumolu Sumathi]], a renowned mridangam player, was first his student and later his co-performer.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-04-14 |title=Percussion perfect |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Percussion-perfect/article14683074.ece |access-date=2025-07-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-06-09 |title=Into a man's world |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/into-a-mans-world/article2090680.ece |access-date=2025-07-24 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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He died on 31 January 2011 at [[Vijayawada]].<ref name="Hindu"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
In his mridangam career spanning over five decades, other than solo mridangam concerts, Dandamudi has played the mridangam alongside many accomplished Carnatic musicians.<ref name="SNA" /><ref name="Hindu" /><br />
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Dandamudi served as a staff artist at All India Radio, Vijayawada for five decades, retiring from there in 1993.<ref name="Hindu"/><br />
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Dandamudi, who was also a mridangam teacher, had disciples including his wife [[Nidumolu Sumathi]], M. Lakshminarayana Raju, Pulledikurthi Rama Rao, A. Krishnamohan Sathya Narayanan, M. Mokkapathi Nageswara Rao, and [[M. Balamuralikrishna]].<ref name="Hindu"/><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
In 1981, Dandamudi received the title ''Kala Praveena'' from the Andhra Pradesh Sangeetha Nataka Academy.<ref name="SNA"/> He received the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for mridangam in 1994.<ref name="SNA"/><br />
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