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	\|origin = [[Chennai]], India		\|origin = [[Chennai]], [[India]]
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	'''Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer''' ({{lang-ta\|மகாராஜபுரம் விசுவநாதையர்}}) (1896–1970) was one of the great [[India]]n [[Carnatic music\|Carnatic]] vocalists.<ref>Subrahmaniam, V. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071204070412/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2007/12/01/stories/2007120150150500.htm Music Season / Music : Of Style and Stalwarts].'' The Hindu, 1 December 2007.</ref> He won several awards including [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] and Sangeetha Bhupathy.		'''Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer''' ({{lang-ta\|மகாராஜபுரம் விசுவநாதையர்}}) (1896–1970) was one of the great [[India]]n [[Carnatic music\|Carnatic]] vocalists.<ref>Subrahmaniam, V. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071204070412/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2007/12/01/stories/2007120150150500.htm Music Season / Music : Of Style and Stalwarts].'' The Hindu, 1 December 2007.</ref> He won several awards including [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] and Sangeetha Bhupathy.
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	He was trained initially by Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer, a direct disciple of [[Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer]]. Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer had learnt from a direct disciple of [[Tyagaraja]] and thus Viswanatha Iyer represents the fifth generation of the Tyagaraja School.		He was trained initially by Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer, a direct disciple of [[Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer]]. Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer had learnt from a direct disciple of [[Tyagaraja]] and thus Viswanatha Iyer represents the fifth generation of the Tyagaraja School.

	[[Palghat Rama Bhagavathar]] was a fellow student under Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sruti.com/index.php?route=archives/artist_details&artId=92\|title=Palghat Rama Bhagavathar\|accessdate=20 May 2021\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520050133/https://www.sruti.com/index.php?route=archives%2Fartist_details&artId=92\|archivedate=20 May 2021}}</ref>
	[[File:Nandanar 1935 film.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|K. B. Sundarambal and Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer in Nandanar]]		[[File:Nandanar 1935 film.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|K. B. Sundarambal and Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer in Nandanar]]

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	'''Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer''' ({{lang-ta\|மகாராஜபுரம் விசுவநாதையர்}}) (1896–1970) was one of the great [[India]]n [[Carnatic music\|Carnatic]] vocalists.<ref>Subrahmaniam, V. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071204070412/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2007/12/01/stories/2007120150150500.htm Music Season / Music : Of Style and Stalwarts].'' The Hindu, 1 December 2007.</ref> He won several awards including [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] and Sangeetha Bhupathy.		'''Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer''' ({{lang-ta\|மகாராஜபுரம் விசுவநாதையர்}}) (1896–1970) was one of the great [[India]]n [[Carnatic music\|Carnatic]] vocalists.<ref>Subrahmaniam, V. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071204070412/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2007/12/01/stories/2007120150150500.htm Music Season / Music : Of Style and Stalwarts].'' The Hindu, 1 December 2007.</ref> He won several awards including [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] and Sangeetha Bhupathy.
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	He was trained initially by Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer, a direct disciple of [[Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer]]. Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer had learnt from a direct disciple of [[Tyagaraja]] and thus Viswanatha Iyer represents the fifth generation of the Tyagaraja School.		He was trained initially by Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer, a direct disciple of [[Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer]]. Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer had learnt from a direct disciple of [[Tyagaraja]] and thus Viswanatha Iyer represents the fifth generation of the Tyagaraja School.

			[[Palghat Rama Bhagavathar]] was a fellow student under Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.sruti.com/index.php?route=archives/artist_details&artId=92\|title=Palghat Rama Bhagavathar\|accessdate=20 May 2021\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520050133/https://www.sruti.com/index.php?route=archives%2Fartist_details&artId=92\|archivedate=20 May 2021}}</ref>
	[[File:Nandanar 1935 film.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|K. B. Sundarambal and Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer in Nandanar]]		[[File:Nandanar 1935 film.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|K. B. Sundarambal and Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer in Nandanar]]

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'''Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer''' ({{lang-ta|மகாராஜபுரம் விசுவநாதையர்}}) (1896–1970) was one of the great [[India]]n [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] vocalists.<ref>Subrahmaniam, V. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20071204070412/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2007/12/01/stories/2007120150150500.htm Music Season / Music : Of Style and Stalwarts].'' The Hindu, 1 December 2007.</ref> He won several awards including [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] and Sangeetha Bhupathy.

==Early life and background==
Viswanatha Iyer was born in Maharajapuram to Rama Iyer, a singer.

He was trained initially by Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer, a direct disciple of [[Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer]]. Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer had learnt from a direct disciple of [[Tyagaraja]] and thus Viswanatha Iyer represents the fifth generation of the Tyagaraja School.
[[File:Nandanar 1935 film.jpg|thumb|right|200px|K. B. Sundarambal and Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer in Nandanar]]

==Singing career==
A unique feature about his music was his great success in [[raga]] elaboration in great detail. The raga [[alapana]] of ''[[Mohanam]]'' was one of his specialties. His has been hailed as the success of 'kalpana sangeetha', music rich with imagination in raga elaboration and swara singing, a specialty of his.

His prominent disciples include [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]], [[Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar]], and his own son [[Maharajapuram Santhanam]].<ref>''[https://web.archive.org/web/20060913232317/http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/13/stories/2005111300880200.htm Like the Singing Wind from the Ghat].'' The Hindu - Kerala News, 13 November 2005.
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==Film career==
He acted in a Tamil movie [[Nandanar (1935 film)|"Bhaktha Nandhanar"]] released on 1 January 1935 as the landlord Vedhiyar.{{fact|date=May 2020}} [[K.B. Sundarambal]] acted as Nandhanar in this movie.{{fact|date=May 2020}}

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