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	\| background = solo_singer		\| background = solo_singer
	\| instrument = [[Violin]], [[Viola]]		\| instrument = [[Violin]], [[Viola]]
	\| years_active = ~~1980 - present~~		\| years_active = 1980–present
	\| genre = [[Carnatic Music]]		\| genre = [[Carnatic Music]]
	\| occupation = Singer		\| occupation = Singer
	\| label = Charsur Digital Station		\| label = Charsur Digital Station
	\| website = www.pantularama.~~com~~<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.pantularama.~~com~~ \|title=Pantula Rama \|publisher=Pantula Rama \|date= \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>		\| website = www.pantularama.me<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.pantularama.me \|title=Pantula Rama \|publisher=Pantula Rama \|date= \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
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	'''Pantula Rama''' is an Indian singer, instrumentalist, and author who performs [[Carnatic music]]. She has been performing since the age of 8.<ref>{{Cite news~~\|others=Special Correspondent~~\|date=2019-10-05\|title=Honour for Carnatic musician Pantula Rama\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/honour-for-carnatic-musician-pantula-rama/article29599449.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> ~~Composing music in intricate rhythms is considered her specialty.~~<ref name=":02">{{Cite news\|last=Swaminathan\|first=G.\|date=2019-10-10\|title=Diligent execution of RTP by Pantula Rama\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/diligent-execution-of-rtp-by-pantula-rama/article29639654.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web\|date=2013-06-15\|title=Singing from the heart\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/338921/singing-heart.html\|access-date=2021-06-24\|website=Deccan Herald\|language=en}}</ref> Known as ''Andhra's Nightingale'' and ''Golden Voice'',<ref name=":32">{{Cite web\|date=2017-10-21\|title=Dr. Pantula Rama to perform at JSS Sangeetha Sabha tomorrow\|url=https://starofmysore.com/dr-pantula-rama-perform-jss-sangeetha-sabha-tomorrow/\|access-date=2021-06-24\|website=Star of Mysore\|language=en-US}}</ref> Pantula Rama lives in [[Visakhapatnam\|Vishakhapatnam]] and is married to violinist [[MSN Murthy]].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Krishnamachari\|first=Suganthy\|date=2020-10-01\|title=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's open-air Margazhi festival\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/bharatiya-vidya-bhavans-open-air-margazhi-festival/article32744722.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		'''Pantula Rama''' is an Indian singer, instrumentalist, and author who performs [[Carnatic music]]. She has been performing since the age of 8.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|date=2019-10-05\|title=Honour for Carnatic musician Pantula Rama\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/honour-for-carnatic-musician-pantula-rama/article29599449.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite news\|last=Swaminathan\|first=G.\|date=2019-10-10\|title=Diligent execution of RTP by Pantula Rama\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/diligent-execution-of-rtp-by-pantula-rama/article29639654.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web\|date=2013-06-15\|title=Singing from the heart\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/338921/singing-heart.html\|access-date=2021-06-24\|website=Deccan Herald\|language=en}}</ref> Known as ''Andhra's Nightingale'' and ''Golden Voice'',<ref name=":32">{{Cite web\|date=2017-10-21\|title=Dr. Pantula Rama to perform at JSS Sangeetha Sabha tomorrow\|url=https://starofmysore.com/dr-pantula-rama-perform-jss-sangeetha-sabha-tomorrow/\|access-date=2021-06-24\|website=Star of Mysore\|language=en-US}}</ref> Pantula Rama lives in [[Visakhapatnam\|Vishakhapatnam]] and is married to violinist MSN Murthy.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Krishnamachari\|first=Suganthy\|date=2020-10-01\|title=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's open-air Margazhi festival\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/bharatiya-vidya-bhavans-open-air-margazhi-festival/article32744722.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
	Pantula Rama was born to parents who are musicians. Her father is a ~~trained~~ violinist, and her mother is a Veena player. Her father was her first music teacher. After finishing school, Rama obtained a seat ~~for~~ MBBS. Eventually, she earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in ~~Music~~ from [[Andhra University College of Engineering\|Andhra University]]. Her ~~Phd~~ thesis at the same university was titled "A study of the shaping of an ideal musician through saadhana", and was published by Gyan Publishers.<ref name=":22" />		Pantula Rama was born to parents who are musicians. Her father is a violinist, and her mother is a Veena player. Her father was her first music teacher. After finishing school, Rama obtained a seat in MBBS. Eventually, she earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in music from [[Andhra University College of Engineering\|Andhra University]]. Her Ph.D. thesis at the same university was titled "A study of the shaping of an ideal musician through saadhana", and was published by Gyan Publishers.<ref name=":22" />

	== Career ==		== Career ==
	Rama has performed at various concerts and festivals.		Rama has performed at various concerts and festivals.

	* She performed at a concert in January 2009. V. Subrahamaniam wrote: "Exquisite music taste was in display in Rama’s raga alapana. Her imagination~~/manodharna~~ gushed out as though the gates of a reservoir had been opened up, each sanchara revealing chaste Kalyani."<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Subhramaniam\|first=V\|date=2009\|title=When the flood gates opened\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|url=https://www.pantularama.com/copy-of-media-coverage?lightbox=dataItem-kqgjkb0u1}}</ref>		* She performed at a concert in January 2009. V. Subrahamaniam wrote: "Exquisite music taste was on display in Rama’s raga alapana. Her imagination and manodharana gushed out as though the gates of a reservoir had been opened up, each sanchara revealing chaste Kalyani."<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Subhramaniam\|first=V\|date=2009\|title=When the flood gates opened\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|url=https://www.pantularama.com/copy-of-media-coverage?lightbox=dataItem-kqgjkb0u1}}</ref>
	* In 2011, she performed at Thyagaraya Ganasabha. Gudipoodi Srihari wrote: "She displayed an assertive voice and command on musical grammar."<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Srihari\|first=Gudipoodi\|date=2011-06-16\|title=Celebrating music\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/celebrating-music/article2109746.ece\|access-date=2021-06-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		* In 2011, she performed at Thyagaraya Ganasabha. Gudipoodi Srihari wrote: "She displayed an assertive voice and command of musical grammar."<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Srihari\|first=Gudipoodi\|date=2011-06-16\|title=Celebrating music\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/celebrating-music/article2109746.ece\|access-date=2021-06-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
	* She performed at a concert in Chennai with her husband MSN Murthy and others. ''The Hindu'' wrote: "It requires immense skill, technical capacity, creative faculty of a high order and detailed knowledge of the lakshanas of ragas to effortlessly elucidate them."<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Ramakrishnan\|first=H.\|date=2012-12-20\|title=Of a high order\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/of-a-high-order/article4222018.ece\|access-date=2021-06-27\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		* She performed at a concert in Chennai with her husband, MSN Murthy, and others. ''The Hindu'' wrote: "It requires immense skill, technical capacity, creative faculty of a high order, and detailed knowledge of the lakshanas of ragas to effortlessly elucidate them."<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Ramakrishnan\|first=H.\|date=2012-12-20\|title=Of a high order\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/of-a-high-order/article4222018.ece\|access-date=2021-06-27\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
	* She performed at the tenth edition of Indira Sivasailam concert in October 2019. ''The Hindu'' wrote: "In this special concert, her complex and scholarly ragam-tanam-pallavi in Kalyani was the piece de ~~resistance~~. It was composed to an intricate rhythm which was, indeed, Pantula Rama’s forte."<ref name=":02" />		* She performed at the tenth edition of the Indira Sivasailam concert in October 2019. ''The Hindu'' wrote: "In this special concert, her complex and scholarly ragam-tanam-pallavi in Kalyani was the piece de résistance. It was composed to an intricate rhythm, which was, indeed, Pantula Rama’s forte."<ref name=":02" />

	In 2017, Rama started an initiative called PaRa to raise awareness of Carnatic music. PaRa means the supreme consciousness. Through this initiative, she collaborated with other artists to organize events.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Murthy\|first=Neeraja\|date=2017-08-10\|title=Musical movement sans barriers\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/pantula-rama-on-paraa-unique-musical-movement/article19462828.ece\|access-date=2021-06-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		In 2017, Rama started an initiative called PaRa to raise awareness of Carnatic music. PaRa means the supreme consciousness. Through this initiative, she collaborated with other artists to organize events.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Murthy\|first=Neeraja\|date=2017-08-10\|title=Musical movement sans barriers\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/pantula-rama-on-paraa-unique-musical-movement/article19462828.ece\|access-date=2021-06-29\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
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	== Awards ==		== Awards ==

	* Best Musician, State Award from [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]], 1996–97		* Best Musician, State Award from [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]], 1996–97
	* MS Subbulakshmi Award– conferred by Visakha Music Academy, 2010		* MS Subbulakshmi Award– conferred by Visakha Music Academy, 2010
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	* Devi Women's Award for Dynamism and Innovation– conferred by [[New Indian Express]], 2015		* Devi Women's Award for Dynamism and Innovation– conferred by [[New Indian Express]], 2015
	* Senior Vocal Outstanding Pallavi Award, Outstanding Lady Vocalist– conferred by [[Madras Music Academy]], 2006, 2008, 2012, 2018		* Senior Vocal Outstanding Pallavi Award, Outstanding Lady Vocalist– conferred by [[Madras Music Academy]], 2006, 2008, 2012, 2018
	* Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal– Indira Sivasailam Foundation in collaboration with the [[Madras Music Academy]], 2019		* Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal– Indira Sivasailam Foundation in collaboration with the [[Madras Music Academy]], 2019<ref name=":0" />
	* Ragam Tanam Pallavi award from [[Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival]]<ref name=":32" />		* Ragam Tanam Pallavi award from [[Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival]]<ref name=":32" />

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	'''Pantula Rama''' is an Indian singer, instrumentalist, and author who performs [[Carnatic music]]. She has been performing since the age of 8.<ref>{{Cite news\|others=Special Correspondent\|date=2019-10-05\|title=Honour for Carnatic musician Pantula Rama\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/honour-for-carnatic-musician-pantula-rama/article29599449.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Composing music in intricate rhythms is considered her specialty.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news\|last=Swaminathan\|first=G.\|date=2019-10-10\|title=Diligent execution of RTP by Pantula Rama\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/diligent-execution-of-rtp-by-pantula-rama/article29639654.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web\|date=2013-06-15\|title=Singing from the heart\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/338921/singing-heart.html\|access-date=2021-06-24\|website=Deccan Herald\|language=en}}</ref> Known as ''Andhra's Nightingale'' and ''Golden Voice'',<ref name=":32">{{Cite web\|date=2017-10-21\|title=Dr. Pantula Rama to perform at JSS Sangeetha Sabha tomorrow\|url=https://starofmysore.com/dr-pantula-rama-perform-jss-sangeetha-sabha-tomorrow/\|access-date=2021-06-24\|website=Star of Mysore\|language=en-US}}</ref> Pantula Rama lives in [[Visakhapatnam\|Vishakhapatnam]] and is married to violinist [[MSN Murthy]].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Krishnamachari\|first=Suganthy\|date=2020-10-01\|title=Bharatiya Vidya ~~Bhavan’s~~ open-air Margazhi festival\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/bharatiya-vidya-bhavans-open-air-margazhi-festival/article32744722.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		'''Pantula Rama''' is an Indian singer, instrumentalist, and author who performs [[Carnatic music]]. She has been performing since the age of 8.<ref>{{Cite news\|others=Special Correspondent\|date=2019-10-05\|title=Honour for Carnatic musician Pantula Rama\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/honour-for-carnatic-musician-pantula-rama/article29599449.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Composing music in intricate rhythms is considered her specialty.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news\|last=Swaminathan\|first=G.\|date=2019-10-10\|title=Diligent execution of RTP by Pantula Rama\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/diligent-execution-of-rtp-by-pantula-rama/article29639654.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web\|date=2013-06-15\|title=Singing from the heart\|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/338921/singing-heart.html\|access-date=2021-06-24\|website=Deccan Herald\|language=en}}</ref> Known as ''Andhra's Nightingale'' and ''Golden Voice'',<ref name=":32">{{Cite web\|date=2017-10-21\|title=Dr. Pantula Rama to perform at JSS Sangeetha Sabha tomorrow\|url=https://starofmysore.com/dr-pantula-rama-perform-jss-sangeetha-sabha-tomorrow/\|access-date=2021-06-24\|website=Star of Mysore\|language=en-US}}</ref> Pantula Rama lives in [[Visakhapatnam\|Vishakhapatnam]] and is married to violinist [[MSN Murthy]].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Krishnamachari\|first=Suganthy\|date=2020-10-01\|title=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's open-air Margazhi festival\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/bharatiya-vidya-bhavans-open-air-margazhi-festival/article32744722.ece\|access-date=2021-06-24\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	== Early life and education ==		== Early life and education ==
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pantula Rama
| image = Pantula Rama Classical Musician.jpg
| caption =
| background = solo_singer
| instrument = [[Violin]], [[Viola]]
| years_active = 1980 - present
| genre = [[Carnatic Music]]
| occupation = Singer
| label = Charsur Digital Station
| website = www.pantularama.com<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pantularama.com |title=Pantula Rama |publisher=Pantula Rama |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
}}

'''Pantula Rama''' is an Indian singer, instrumentalist, and author who performs [[Carnatic music]]. She has been performing since the age of 8.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2019-10-05|title=Honour for Carnatic musician Pantula Rama|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/honour-for-carnatic-musician-pantula-rama/article29599449.ece|access-date=2021-06-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Composing music in intricate rhythms is considered her specialty.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|last=Swaminathan|first=G.|date=2019-10-10|title=Diligent execution of RTP by Pantula Rama|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/diligent-execution-of-rtp-by-pantula-rama/article29639654.ece|access-date=2021-06-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":22">{{Cite web|date=2013-06-15|title=Singing from the heart|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/338921/singing-heart.html|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> Known as ''Andhra's Nightingale'' and ''Golden Voice'',<ref name=":32">{{Cite web|date=2017-10-21|title=Dr. Pantula Rama to perform at JSS Sangeetha Sabha tomorrow|url=https://starofmysore.com/dr-pantula-rama-perform-jss-sangeetha-sabha-tomorrow/|access-date=2021-06-24|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref> Pantula Rama lives in [[Visakhapatnam|Vishakhapatnam]] and is married to violinist [[MSN Murthy]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Krishnamachari|first=Suganthy|date=2020-10-01|title=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s open-air Margazhi festival|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/bharatiya-vidya-bhavans-open-air-margazhi-festival/article32744722.ece|access-date=2021-06-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Pantula Rama was born to parents who are musicians. Her father is a trained violinist, and her mother is a Veena player. Her father was her first music teacher. After finishing school, Rama obtained a seat for MBBS. Eventually, she earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Music from [[Andhra University College of Engineering|Andhra University]]. Her Phd thesis at the same university was titled "A study of the shaping of an ideal musician through saadhana", and was published by Gyan Publishers.<ref name=":22" />

== Career ==
Rama has performed at various concerts and festivals.

* She performed at a concert in January 2009. V. Subrahamaniam wrote: "Exquisite music taste was in display in Rama’s raga alapana. Her imagination/manodharna gushed out as though the gates of a reservoir had been opened up, each sanchara revealing chaste Kalyani."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Subhramaniam|first=V|date=2009|title=When the flood gates opened|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.pantularama.com/copy-of-media-coverage?lightbox=dataItem-kqgjkb0u1}}</ref>
* In 2011, she performed at Thyagaraya Ganasabha. Gudipoodi Srihari wrote: "She displayed an assertive voice and command on musical grammar."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srihari|first=Gudipoodi|date=2011-06-16|title=Celebrating music|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/celebrating-music/article2109746.ece|access-date=2021-06-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* She performed at a concert in Chennai with her husband MSN Murthy and others. ''The Hindu'' wrote: "It requires immense skill, technical capacity, creative faculty of a high order and detailed knowledge of the lakshanas of ragas to effortlessly elucidate them."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ramakrishnan|first=H.|date=2012-12-20|title=Of a high order|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/of-a-high-order/article4222018.ece|access-date=2021-06-27|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* She performed at the tenth edition of Indira Sivasailam concert in October 2019. ''The Hindu'' wrote: "In this special concert, her complex and scholarly ragam-tanam-pallavi in Kalyani was the piece de resistance. It was composed to an intricate rhythm which was, indeed, Pantula Rama’s forte."<ref name=":02" />

In 2017, Rama started an initiative called PaRa to raise awareness of Carnatic music. PaRa means the supreme consciousness. Through this initiative, she collaborated with other artists to organize events.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Murthy|first=Neeraja|date=2017-08-10|title=Musical movement sans barriers|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/pantula-rama-on-paraa-unique-musical-movement/article19462828.ece|access-date=2021-06-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Aruna Chandaraju wrote: "The appeal of Dr Pantula Rama’s kutcheries is that the music is of a very high order. Her performances and work are known for chaste classicism, serenity, sobriety and technical perfection. Widely recognised as an outstanding vocalist of Carnatic music. Rama’s very melodious voice, effortless elucidation of ragas, her bhava-soaked rendition, technical skills, and immensely creative manodharma, taken along with a wide repertoire, endear her to rasikas."<ref name=":22" />

G Swaminathan reported: "Pantula Rama’s concerts always carry a gentle tone of authority coupled with melody."<ref name=":02" />

Venkatesan Srikanth wrote: "Rama strikes a perfect balance in her knowledge of theory and aesthetic in practice of music."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Srikanth|first=Venkatesan|date=2015-07-30|title=Stringing together a career|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/interview-with-pantula-rama/article7481904.ece|access-date=2021-06-29|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Awards ==

* Best Musician, State Award from [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]], 1996–97
* MS Subbulakshmi Award– conferred by Visakha Music Academy, 2010
* Outstanding Vocalist Award– conferred by XS Real organization, 2011
* Devi Women's Award for Dynamism and Innovation– conferred by [[New Indian Express]], 2015
* Senior Vocal Outstanding Pallavi Award, Outstanding Lady Vocalist– conferred by [[Madras Music Academy]], 2006, 2008, 2012, 2018
* Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal– Indira Sivasailam Foundation in collaboration with the [[Madras Music Academy]], 2019
* Ragam Tanam Pallavi award from [[Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival]]<ref name=":32" />

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[[Category:Hindustani instrumentalists]]
[[Category:Andhra University alumni]]
[[Category:Indian female classical singers]]
[[Category:Indian women classical musicians]]
[[Category:Female Carnatic musicians]]
[[Category:Musicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women musicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian musicians]]
[[Category:Carnatic singers]]
[[Category:Carnatic musicians]]
[[Category:Singers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Women musicians from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian singers]]
[[Category:21st-century women singers]]