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'''Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma''' (1928–2008) was an Indian [[Carnatic music|carnatic]] singer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/11/17/stories/2003111701710100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040328094827/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2003/11/17/stories/2003111701710100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-03-28 |title=Prabhakara Varma felicitated |date=2003-11-17 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2015-08-27}}</ref> and teacher who descended from the royal family of [[Mavelikkara|Mavelikkara, Kerala]].

==Biography==
He was born in 1928 as the second son of Chandraprabha Thamburatty (daughter of the great scholar [[A. R. Raja Raja Varma]]) and Rama Varma of Kilimanoor Palace. While in his mother's womb, Varma was affected by polio<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://kerala4u.in/156/personalities/mavelikkara-prabhakara-varmaa-life-devoted-music |title=Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma:A life Devoted To Music | Kerala for you dot in |publisher=Kerala4u.in |date= |accessdate=2015-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925114211/http://kerala4u.in/156/personalities/mavelikkara-prabhakara-varmaa-life-devoted-music |archive-date=25 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and thus was born with disorder in his right leg, which he had to carry till his death. After his initial studies, he joined the [[Swathi Thirunal College of Music|Swathi Thirunal Music Academy]] in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and after the course, joined the academy as an assistant professor in 1957. He retired as the principal of [[RLV College of Music and Fine Arts]], [[Tripunithura]] (1981–84).

He has many disciples, including the Carnatic vocalists Neyyatinkara Vasudevan, P R Kumarakerala Varma, K. Omanakutti, [[M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri]], Mavelikkara P Subrahmanyam, Ponkunnam Ramachandran, Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri, Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboothiri, and Cheppad Vamanan Namboothiri.

He died on 2 November 2008, at his sister's home at Tripunithura near [[Ernakulam]]. He was aged 80. He remained a lifelong bachelor.
He composed several krithis written by Thulasivanam many of which are popular and are sang by artists across the globe.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} He received the 'Swathi Puraskaram' from the Kerala government in 2006.<ref>[http://keralaonline.com/news/mavelikkara-prabhakara-varma-passes_8082.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807163126/http://keralaonline.com/news/mavelikkara-prabhakara-varma-passes_8082.html |date=7 August 2011 }}</ref>

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