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	\| name = Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer		\| name = Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer
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	\| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist		\| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1912\|6\|12}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1912\|6\|12}}
	\| birth_place = [[Pazhayannur]], ~~[[Kerala]],~~ India		\| birth_place = [[Pazhayannur]], British India
	\| death_place = [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India		\| death_place = [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1981\|5\|30\|1912\|6\|12}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1981\|5\|30\|1912\|6\|12}}
	\| origin =		\| origin =
	\| ~~instrument~~ = [[Mridangam]]		\| instruments = [[Mridangam]]
	\| genre = [[Carnatic classical music\|Indian classical]]		\| genre = [[Carnatic classical music\|Indian classical]]
	\| ~~occupation~~ = Mridangam artist		\| occupations = Mridangam artist
	\| Awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] Award by the [[Government of India]] (1971)<br/>[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1956)<br/>[[Sangeetha Kalanidhi Award]] (1966)		\| module2=Awards: [[Padma Bhushan]] Award by the [[Government of India]] (1971)<br/>[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1956)<br/>[[Sangeetha Kalanidhi Award]] (1966)
	}}		}}
	'''Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer''' (1912–1981) , born Thiruvilvamalai Ramaswamy was one of the leading [[mridangam\|mridangists]] in the field of [[Carnatic music]]. He, along with his contemporaries [[Palani Subramaniam Pillai]] and [[Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy]], are revered as the "Holy Trinity of Mrudangam". Mani Iyer was the first mridangist to be awarded the [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] (1966) presented by the [[Madras Music Academy\|Music Academy]] of Madras ,the [[Padma Bhushan]] (1971) and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]s(1956) presented by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="SNA Awardees' List">{{cite web \| url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm \| title=SNA Awardees' List \| publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi \| date=2016 \| access-date=5 February 2016 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm \| archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref>		'''Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer''' (1912–1981), born Thiruvilvamalai Ramaswamy was one of the leading [[mridangam\|mridangists]] in the field of [[Carnatic music]]. He, along with his contemporaries [[Palani Subramaniam Pillai]] and [[Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy]], are revered as the "Holy Trinity of Mrudangam". Mani Iyer was the first mridangist to be awarded the [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] (1966) presented by the [[Madras Music Academy\|Music Academy]] of Madras, the [[Padma Bhushan]] (1971) and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]s(1956) presented by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="SNA Awardees' List">{{cite web \| url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm \| title=SNA Awardees' List \| publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi \| date=2016 \| access-date=5 February 2016 \| url-status=dead \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm \| archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref>

	==Early life and background==		==Early life and background==
	He was born on 12 June 1912 at Pazhayanur, then in Tiruvilvamala Taluk, in Palghat District, Kerala (now located in Thrissur District) to Sesham Bhagavatar and Aanandaambaal as their second son. Mani was named Ramaswami at birth— after his grandfather who was a school teacher besides being a good singer. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://srutimag.blogspot.com/2012/01/palghat-ts-mani-iyer-centenary.html\|title=Sruti Magazine: Palghat TS Mani Iyer Centenary\|last=Magazine\|first=Sruti\|date=2012-01-28\|website=Sruti Magazine\|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>Mani Iyer learnt his music from his parents in his native Pazhayyanur. His maiden public performance was at the age of 10 at a ''harikatha'' discourses by Sivaramakrishna Bhagavathar. The mridangam player who was supposed to play had failed to turn up and Mani Iyer substituted. Later he caught the eye of Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer who taught him the intricacies that invested his recitals with remarkable purity. Mani Iyer came into prominence in 1924, after accompanying [[Chembai\|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhaagavathar]] in a music concert at [[Jagannatha Bhaktha Sabha]] in [[Madras]] (now called [[Chennai]]).<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19810630-t.s.-mani-iyer-the-mridangam-player-par-excellence-773013-2013-11-18\|title=T.S. Mani Iyer: The mridangam player par excellence\|~~last1=18 November\|first1~~=Amarnath K. Menon\|~~last2=June 30\|first2~~=2013 ~~ISSUE DATE~~\|~~website~~=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-15~~\|last3=October 13\|first3=1981UPDATED\|last4=Ist\|first4=2014 16:18~~}}</ref>		He was born in a [[Palakkad]] [[brahmin]] family<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Krishna\|first=T. m\|date=2020-01-30\|title=Keeping the cow and brahmin apart\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/keeping-the-cow-and-brahmin-apart/article30686002.ece\|access-date=2022-01-15\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> on 12 June 1912 at Pazhayanur, then in Tiruvilvamala Taluk, in Palghat District, Kerala (now located in Thrissur District) to Sesham Bhagavatar and Aanandaambaal as their second son. Mani was named Ramaswami at birth— after his grandfather who was a school teacher besides being a good singer. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://srutimag.blogspot.com/2012/01/palghat-ts-mani-iyer-centenary.html\|title=Sruti Magazine: Palghat TS Mani Iyer Centenary\|last=Magazine\|first=Sruti\|date=2012-01-28\|website=Sruti Magazine\|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>Mani Iyer learnt his music from his parents in his native Pazhayyanur. His maiden public performance was at the age of 10 at a ''harikatha'' discourses by Sivaramakrishna Bhagavathar. The mridangam player who was supposed to play had failed to turn up and Mani Iyer substituted. Later he caught the eye of Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer who taught him the intricacies that invested his recitals with remarkable purity. Mani Iyer came into prominence in 1924, after accompanying [[Chembai\|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhaagavathar]] in a music concert at [[Jagannatha Bhaktha Sabha]] in [[Madras]] (now called [[Chennai]]).<ref>{{Cite magazine\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19810630-t.s.-mani-iyer-the-mridangam-player-par-excellence-773013-2013-11-18\|title=T.S. Mani Iyer: The mridangam player par excellence\|author=Amarnath K. Menon \|date=November 18, 2013 \|magazine=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Mani Iyer accompanied all the leading vocal artists of his era. He was also the [[guru]] for later mridangam players such as Late [[Palghat R. Raghu]], Late [[Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair]], [[Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman]], [[ Thanjavur R.Ramadas]], Kamalakar Rao, Late [[G. Harishankar]] ([[kanjira]]),etc.		Mani Iyer accompanied all the leading vocal artists of his era. He was also the [[guru]] for later mridangam players such as Late [[Palghat R. Raghu]], Late [[Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair]], [[Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman]], [[ Thanjavur R.Ramadas]], Kamalakar Rao, Late [[G. Harishankar]] ([[kanjira]]),etc.

	Before Mani ~~Iyer’s~~ arrival in the music scene, the three mridangists [[Nagercoil S.Ganesa Iyer]], [[Alaganambi Pillai]] and [[Dakshinamurthy Pillai]] (who played the [[kanjira]] also), dominated the percussion scene. The way in which Mani Iyer played changed the style of mridangam playing from just keeping beat for the main artist's music to being an instrument in its own right. A comment from Y. G. Doraisamy: "It was Mani Iyer who started the now prevalent trend of the mridangam, not just keeping the time with tekkas and moras, but actively accompanying the [[musical phrasing]], so as to be a rhythmic running commentary, reproducing on the drum all the subtleties and rhythmic complexities of the musical composition."		Before Mani Iyer's arrival in the music scene, the three mridangists [[Nagercoil S.Ganesa Iyer]], [[Alaganambi Pillai]] and [[Dakshinamurthy Pillai]] (who played the [[kanjira]] also), dominated the percussion scene. The way in which Mani Iyer played changed the style of mridangam playing from just keeping beat for the main artist's music to being an instrument in its own right. A comment from Y. G. Doraisamy: "It was Mani Iyer who started the now prevalent trend of the mridangam, not just keeping the time with tekkas and moras, but actively accompanying the [[musical phrasing]], so as to be a rhythmic running commentary, reproducing on the drum all the subtleties and rhythmic complexities of the musical composition."

	[[Palghat R. Raghu]], a disciple of Mani Iyer, describes his guru as a genius in that he showed music followers the manner of blending with the music of the main artist in handling the kritis of every conceivable mood and tempo. By his consistent excellence he could raise the concert to thrilling heights.		[[Palghat R. Raghu]], a disciple of Mani Iyer, describes his guru as a genius in that he showed music followers the manner of blending with the music of the main artist in handling the kritis of every conceivable mood and tempo. By his consistent excellence he could raise the concert to thrilling heights.

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	==Early life and background==		==Early life and background==
	He was born on 12 June 1912 at Pazhayanur, then in Tiruvilvamala Taluk, in Palghat District, (now located in Thrissur District) to Sesham Bhagavatar and Aanandaambaal as their second son. Mani was named Ramaswami at birth— after his grandfather who was a school teacher besides being a good singer. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://srutimag.blogspot.com/2012/01/palghat-ts-mani-iyer-centenary.html\|title=Sruti Magazine: Palghat TS Mani Iyer Centenary\|last=Magazine\|first=Sruti\|date=2012-01-28\|website=Sruti Magazine\|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>Mani Iyer learnt his music from his parents in his native Pazhayyanur. His maiden public performance was at the age of 10 at a ''harikatha'' discourses by Sivaramakrishna Bhagavathar. The mridangam player who was supposed to play had failed to turn up and Mani Iyer substituted. Later he caught the eye of Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer who taught him the intricacies that invested his recitals with remarkable purity. Mani Iyer came into prominence in 1924, after accompanying [[Chembai\|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhaagavathar]] in a music concert at [[Jagannatha Bhaktha Sabha]] in [[Madras]] (now called [[Chennai]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19810630-t.s.-mani-iyer-the-mridangam-player-par-excellence-773013-2013-11-18\|title=T.S. Mani Iyer: The mridangam player par excellence\|~~last~~=18 November\|~~first~~=Amarnath K. Menon\|last2=June 30\|first2=2013 ISSUE DATE\|website=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-15\|last3=October 13\|first3=1981UPDATED\|last4=Ist\|first4=2014 16:18}}</ref>		He was born on 12 June 1912 at Pazhayanur, then in Tiruvilvamala Taluk, in Palghat District, Kerala (now located in Thrissur District) to Sesham Bhagavatar and Aanandaambaal as their second son. Mani was named Ramaswami at birth— after his grandfather who was a school teacher besides being a good singer. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://srutimag.blogspot.com/2012/01/palghat-ts-mani-iyer-centenary.html\|title=Sruti Magazine: Palghat TS Mani Iyer Centenary\|last=Magazine\|first=Sruti\|date=2012-01-28\|website=Sruti Magazine\|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>Mani Iyer learnt his music from his parents in his native Pazhayyanur. His maiden public performance was at the age of 10 at a ''harikatha'' discourses by Sivaramakrishna Bhagavathar. The mridangam player who was supposed to play had failed to turn up and Mani Iyer substituted. Later he caught the eye of Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer who taught him the intricacies that invested his recitals with remarkable purity. Mani Iyer came into prominence in 1924, after accompanying [[Chembai\|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhaagavathar]] in a music concert at [[Jagannatha Bhaktha Sabha]] in [[Madras]] (now called [[Chennai]]).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19810630-t.s.-mani-iyer-the-mridangam-player-par-excellence-773013-2013-11-18\|title=T.S. Mani Iyer: The mridangam player par excellence\|last1=18 November\|first1=Amarnath K. Menon\|last2=June 30\|first2=2013 ISSUE DATE\|website=India Today\|language=en\|access-date=2019-03-15\|last3=October 13\|first3=1981UPDATED\|last4=Ist\|first4=2014 16:18}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
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	[[Palghat R. Raghu]], a disciple of Mani Iyer, describes his guru as a genius in that he showed music followers the manner of blending with the music of the main artist in handling the kritis of every conceivable mood and tempo. By his consistent excellence he could raise the concert to thrilling heights.		[[Palghat R. Raghu]], a disciple of Mani Iyer, describes his guru as a genius in that he showed music followers the manner of blending with the music of the main artist in handling the kritis of every conceivable mood and tempo. By his consistent excellence he could raise the concert to thrilling heights.

			He had his eccentricities, and he refused to accompany women artists for a long time. But after his daughter married D K Pattammal's son, he accompanied Pattamal (पट्टमाळ), considered one of the three singers who make up Trinity of Women Carnatic Music singers in the 20th C. Afterwards he also accompanied M L Vasanthakumari. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19810630-t.s.-mani-iyer-the-mridangam-player-par-excellence-773013-2013-11-18\|title=T.S. Mani Iyer: The mridangam player par excellence}}</ref>

	When [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]] was asked to pick geniuses<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Ramani\|first=Papanasam Ashok\|date=2014-12-18\|title=Mali, the maverick\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/tr-mahalingam/article6704355.ece\|access-date=2021-06-11\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> of Carnatic music, he came up with only three names -- [[T. R. Mahalingam (flautist)\|T.R. Mahalingam]], [[T. N. Rajarathnam Pillai\|T.N. Rajarathnam Pillai]] and Palghat Mani Iyer.		When [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]] was asked to pick geniuses<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Ramani\|first=Papanasam Ashok\|date=2014-12-18\|title=Mali, the maverick\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/tr-mahalingam/article6704355.ece\|access-date=2021-06-11\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> of Carnatic music, he came up with only three names -- [[T. R. Mahalingam (flautist)\|T.R. Mahalingam]], [[T. N. Rajarathnam Pillai\|T.N. Rajarathnam Pillai]] and Palghat Mani Iyer.

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|6|12}}
| birth_place = [[Pazhayannur]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_place = [[Kochi]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|5|30|1912|6|12}}
| origin =
| instrument = [[Mridangam]]
| genre = [[Carnatic classical music|Indian classical]]
| occupation = Mridangam artist
| Awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] Award by the [[Government of India]] (1971)<br/>[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1956)<br/>[[Sangeetha Kalanidhi Award]] (1966)
}}
'''Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer''' (1912–1981) , born Thiruvilvamalai Ramaswamy was one of the leading [[mridangam|mridangists]] in the field of [[Carnatic music]]. He, along with his contemporaries [[Palani Subramaniam Pillai]] and [[Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy]], are revered as the "Holy Trinity of Mrudangam". Mani Iyer was the first mridangist to be awarded the [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] (1966) presented by the [[Madras Music Academy|Music Academy]] of Madras ,the [[Padma Bhushan]] (1971) and the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]s(1956) presented by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="SNA Awardees' List">{{cite web | url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | title=SNA Awardees' List | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi | date=2016 | access-date=5 February 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530204253/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm | archive-date=30 May 2015 }}</ref>

==Early life and background==
He was born on 12 June 1912 at Pazhayanur, then in Tiruvilvamala Taluk, in Palghat District, (now located in Thrissur District) to Sesham Bhagavatar and Aanandaambaal as their second son. Mani was named Ramaswami at birth— after his grandfather who was a school teacher besides being a good singer. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://srutimag.blogspot.com/2012/01/palghat-ts-mani-iyer-centenary.html|title=Sruti Magazine: Palghat TS Mani Iyer Centenary|last=Magazine|first=Sruti|date=2012-01-28|website=Sruti Magazine|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref>Mani Iyer learnt his music from his parents in his native Pazhayyanur. His maiden public performance was at the age of 10 at a ''harikatha'' discourses by Sivaramakrishna Bhagavathar. The mridangam player who was supposed to play had failed to turn up and Mani Iyer substituted. Later he caught the eye of Thanjavur Vaidyanatha Iyer who taught him the intricacies that invested his recitals with remarkable purity. Mani Iyer came into prominence in 1924, after accompanying [[Chembai|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhaagavathar]] in a music concert at [[Jagannatha Bhaktha Sabha]] in [[Madras]] (now called [[Chennai]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19810630-t.s.-mani-iyer-the-mridangam-player-par-excellence-773013-2013-11-18|title=T.S. Mani Iyer: The mridangam player par excellence|last=18 November|first=Amarnath K. Menon|last2=June 30|first2=2013 ISSUE DATE|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2019-03-15|last3=October 13|first3=1981UPDATED|last4=Ist|first4=2014 16:18}}</ref>

==Career==
Mani Iyer accompanied all the leading vocal artists of his era. He was also the [[guru]] for later mridangam players such as Late [[Palghat R. Raghu]], Late [[Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair]], [[Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman]], [[ Thanjavur R.Ramadas]], Kamalakar Rao, Late [[G. Harishankar]] ([[kanjira]]),etc.

Before Mani Iyer’s arrival in the music scene, the three mridangists [[Nagercoil S.Ganesa Iyer]], [[Alaganambi Pillai]] and [[Dakshinamurthy Pillai]] (who played the [[kanjira]] also), dominated the percussion scene. The way in which Mani Iyer played changed the style of mridangam playing from just keeping beat for the main artist's music to being an instrument in its own right. A comment from Y. G. Doraisamy: "It was Mani Iyer who started the now prevalent trend of the mridangam, not just keeping the time with tekkas and moras, but actively accompanying the [[musical phrasing]], so as to be a rhythmic running commentary, reproducing on the drum all the subtleties and rhythmic complexities of the musical composition."

[[Palghat R. Raghu]], a disciple of Mani Iyer, describes his guru as a genius in that he showed music followers the manner of blending with the music of the main artist in handling the kritis of every conceivable mood and tempo. By his consistent excellence he could raise the concert to thrilling heights.

When [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]] was asked to pick geniuses<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ramani|first=Papanasam Ashok|date=2014-12-18|title=Mali, the maverick|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/tr-mahalingam/article6704355.ece|access-date=2021-06-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> of Carnatic music, he came up with only three names -- [[T. R. Mahalingam (flautist)|T.R. Mahalingam]], [[T. N. Rajarathnam Pillai|T.N. Rajarathnam Pillai]] and Palghat Mani Iyer.

==Personal life==
Born on 12 June 1912, in Pazhayannur village near Palghat, Mani Iyer lived a full 70 years and died on 30 May 1981.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oocities.org/~maniiyer/tributes/raja.html|website=www.oocities.org|access-date=2019-03-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Cultural-festival-to-bring-alive-beat-of-mridangam-artist/articleshow/15221199.cms|title=Cultural festival to bring alive beat of mridangam artist | newspaper=The Times of India|date=28 July 2012|access-date=18 July 2019}}</ref>He was the father of the noted artists Mridangist T. R. Rajamani, vocalist [[Lalitha Sivakumar]], violinist T.R. Rajaram, Smt. Lakshmi Vaidhyanathan and Sri. Thyagarajan. He was also the grandfather of the noted singer [[Nithyasree Mahadevan]] and Carnatic vocalist Palghat Ramprasad.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.nscottrobinson.com/southindiaperc.php South Indian Percussionist page]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150730004531/http://www.palghatmaniiyer.org/ Palghat Mani Iyer website]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/the-genius-of-sound-and-silence/article2834201.ece An article in The Hindu - The Genius of Sound and Silence]
* [http://www.carnaticcorner.com/articles/ptsmani.txt Musings of a Mridangam Maestro]
* {{youtube|j-8eA7Fl4q4|A movie clip showing Palghat Mani Iyer}} accompanying [[Chembai|Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar]] on the [[Mridangam]] with [[Chowdiah]] on the violin.
*[https://www.facebook.com/Palghat.T.S.ManiIyer/ Mani Iyer Centenary at Kalpathy]

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