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[[File:Mangalam Muthuswami.jpg|thumb|Mangalam Muthuswami (1937-2007)]]<br />
'''Mangalam Muthuswamy''' (1937–2007) was one of the [[Saraswati veena#Notable vainikas|notable vainikas]] in recent times. Mangalam was born in a musical family at [[Sivaganga]]. She received initial training in the [[Veena]] from her own mother, Smt. Lakshmibai Ammal, a disciple of Sri Pallavi Ramaswamy Raju.<br />
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Mangalam was known for her 'gayika' style, where the [[Saraswati veena|Veena]] virtually imitates the human voice and is hence extremely pleasing to hear. She was the prime disciple of 'Veenai Visalakshi'(regarded as the 'Taanam' expert),<ref>{{cite news |title=Homage to vainika Mangalam Muthuswamy |url=http://www.sruti.com/download/news%20and%20notes/Homage_to_vainika_Mangalam_Muthuswamy.pdf |work=Sruti |date=June 2010 |accessdate=1 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829151101/http://sruti.com/download/news%20and%20notes/Homage_to_vainika_Mangalam_Muthuswamy.pdf |archive-date=29 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> who was the disciple of 'shatkala chakravarti' Veena Venkatramana Das of Vijayanagaram & also Veenai Dhanammal. Mangalam had the rare distinction of playing the Indian national anthem on the veena in the presence of [[R. Venkatraman]], the former President of [[India]].<br />
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'''Association with Radio and TV Networks'''<br />
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Mangalam gave her maiden performance on the [[All India Radio]] at the age of 11. This was the year 1948. Then, over a period of 2 decades, she continued performing at the AIR and eventually earned an "A" grade. An artiste of great repute, she has also performed at important programmes of the AIR, including the Radio Sangeet Sammelan in 1994. She also went on to become a performing artiste at the [[Doordarshan]] Kendra, Mumbai.<br />
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She also went on to play for several TV documentaries, the most important being, the "Abode of God".<br />
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[[File:T_S_Nandakumar_&_Mangalam_Muthuswamy.jpg|thumb|right|Mangalam Muthuswamy with [[T S Nandakumar]] and his disciples in a concert held in Bombay]]<br />
[[File:T_S_Nandakumar_and_Managalam_Mutrhuswamy_Veena.jpg|thumb|right|In a concert held in Bombay with [[T S Nandakumar]] and his disciples]]<br />
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