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	'''Sikkil Kunjumani''', (10 June 1927 - 13 November 2010) and '''Sikkil Neela''', (born 9 September 1940), are sisters who play the carnatic flute, called Venu flute. Together they are more famously known as the '''Sikkil Sisters'''. Their father ''Azhiyur Natesa Iyer'' was a mridangist. Kunjumani started learning music from her father initially and then learnt flute from her maternal uncle '''Azhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer'''. Neela learnt flute from her sister Kunjamani. Kunjamani, began giving concerts from the age of nine and Neela from the age of seven. Sikkil Sisters have been giving concerts together since 1962. They are top artistes of the [[All India Radio]] and they have been giving hundreds of performances at all the sabhas, television and elsewhere, both within India and abroad. The sisters blend the tone and play on their flutes and the merger is total and the effect remarkable. They are known for the chaste, orthodox style in rendering [[raga]], [[kriti]] and [[swara]].		'''Sikkil Kunjumani''', (10 June 1927 - 13 November 2010) and '''Sikkil Neela''', (born 9 September 1940), are sisters who play the carnatic flute, called Venu flute. Together they are more famously known as the '''Sikkil Sisters'''. Their father ''Azhiyur Natesa Iyer'' was a mridangist. Kunjumani started learning music from her father initially and then learnt flute from her maternal uncle '''Azhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer'''. Neela learnt flute from her sister Kunjamani. Kunjamani, began giving concerts from the age of nine and Neela from the age of seven. Sikkil Sisters have been giving concerts together since 1962. They are top artistes of the [[All India Radio]] and they have been giving hundreds of performances at all the sabhas, television and elsewhere, both within India and abroad. The sisters blend the tone and play on their flutes and the merger is total and the effect remarkable. They are known for the chaste, orthodox style in rendering [[raga]], [[kriti]] and [[swara]].

	Sikkil Kunjumani died on 13 November 2010, in Chennai, aged 83 ~~and her sister is alive~~.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Sikkil-Kunjumani-passes-away-in-Chennai/article15685628.ece \| title=Sikkil Kunjumani passes away in Chennai \| date=13 November 2010 \| newspaper=The Hindu \| access-date=5 October 2018 }}</ref> [[Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar]], the daughter of Sikkil Neela is following her mother's footprints as flautist.		Sikkil Kunjumani died on 13 November 2010, in Chennai, aged 83. <ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Sikkil-Kunjumani-passes-away-in-Chennai/article15685628.ece \| title=Sikkil Kunjumani passes away in Chennai \| date=13 November 2010 \| newspaper=The Hindu \| access-date=5 October 2018 }}</ref> [[Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar]], the daughter of Sikkil Neela, is following her mother's footprints as flautist.

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{{infobox person
|name = Sikkil Kunjumani
|birth_date = 10 June 1927
|death_date = 13 November 2010 (aged 83)
|occupation = carnatic vocalist
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{{infobox person
|name = Sikkil Neela
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|09|9|df=y}}
|occupation = carnatic vocalist
|children =Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar
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'''Sikkil Kunjumani''', (10 June 1927 - 13 November 2010) and '''Sikkil Neela''', (born 9 September 1940), are sisters who play the carnatic flute, called Venu flute. Together they are more famously known as the '''Sikkil Sisters'''. Their father ''Azhiyur Natesa Iyer'' was a mridangist. Kunjumani started learning music from her father initially and then learnt flute from her maternal uncle '''Azhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer'''. Neela learnt flute from her sister Kunjamani. Kunjamani, began giving concerts from the age of nine and Neela from the age of seven. Sikkil Sisters have been giving concerts together since 1962. They are top artistes of the [[All India Radio]] and they have been giving hundreds of performances at all the sabhas, television and elsewhere, both within India and abroad. The sisters blend the tone and play on their flutes and the merger is total and the effect remarkable. They are known for the chaste, orthodox style in rendering [[raga]], [[kriti]] and [[swara]].

Sikkil Kunjumani died on 13 November 2010, in Chennai, aged 83 and her sister is alive.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/Sikkil-Kunjumani-passes-away-in-Chennai/article15685628.ece | title=Sikkil Kunjumani passes away in Chennai | date=13 November 2010 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=5 October 2018 }}</ref> [[Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar]], the daughter of Sikkil Neela is following her mother's footprints as flautist.

==Honours and awards==
* ''[[Kalaimamani]]'' by the Tamil Nadu Sangeetha Nataka Sangam - 1973
* ''[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]'' - 1989
* ''[[Sangeetha Kalasikhamani]]'' by The Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai - 1997
* ''[[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]]'' - 2002
* ''[[Padma Shri|Padmashree]]'' - 2004<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Music}}

*[[Carnatic Music]]
*[[Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.coimbatorebest.com/discovercoimbatore/artandculture/musicanddance/sikkilsisters.asp Interview with The Sikkil Sisters – Neela And Kunjumani]
* [http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/features/interviews/sikkilsisters.asp Kutcheribuzz interview with the sisters]

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[[Category:Women flautists]]

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