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'''Puranam Purushottama Sastri''' (1925–2010) was an eminent Carnatic musician and winner of [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]].<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm#CarnaticVocal Recipients of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the Carnatic Vocalists category.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |date=17 February 2012 }}</ref><br />
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He is son of Puranam Kanakayya Sastri.<ref>Kanakayya Sastri Puranam, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part I, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 59.</ref> He was born in [[Nallapadu]] in [[Guntur district]] in 1925. His father Kanakayya Sastri was also famous musician and Asthana Vidwan of Gadwal Samsthanam and Yadagirigutta Devasthanam. He went to [[Madras]] to pursue advanced music. He took diploma in Music from Central College of Carnatic Music in 1952. [[Musiri Subramania Iyer]] was the principal and also his guru for a decade.<br />
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At home, he became known for his rich vocal compass, manodharma, laya gnanam and gamaka pushti. Sastry was an undisputed expert in singing [[Pallavi]]. He has also applied ragas to cure some diseases and to activate clouds for rain in prolonged drought.<br />
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He died in February 2010.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121108044724/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2010/02/19/stories/2010021950410300.htm A legend of our times in the Hindu.]</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* He has won the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in Carnatic Vocal category in 2008.<br />
* Government of Andhra Pradesh presented him the [[Hamsa Award]] for the year 2003.<br />
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