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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Tiruvalangadu Vembu Iyer Sankaranarayanan<br />
| background = solo_singer<br />
| image = T. V. Sankaranarayanan.jpg<br />
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| birth_name =<br />
| alias = TVS<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1945|3|7}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| origin = [[India]]<br />
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| genre = [[Carnatic classical music|Indian classical music]]<br />
| occupation = Classical vocalist<br />
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| years_active = since 1968<br />
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{{Indian name|Sankaranarayanan|Vembu Iyer}}<br />
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'''T. V. Sankaranarayanan''' ('''Tiruvalangadu Vembu Iyer Sankaranarayanan''', born 7 March 1945) is a [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] vocalist (South Indian classical singer), known for his music that stems from the style of his late uncle-guru, [[Madurai Mani Iyer]]. He was awarded the [[Madras Music Academy]]'s [[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]] in 2003. His father Vembu Iyer was a long-time musical disciple of Madurai Mani Iyer and accompanied him for over two decades. <br />
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Sankaranarayanan is particularly noted for easily reaching the upper notes.<br />
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Some of his musical disciples include R. Suryaprakash, his daughter Amruta Sankaranarayanan and his son Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan. <br />
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==Profile==<br />
[[File:Accompanying TVS.jpg|thumb|T V Sankaranarayanan sings at Trivandrum in 1995 as part of Onam celebrations organized by Government of Kerala. N V Babunarayanan on Violin, [[Erickavu N. Sunil]] on Mridangam, Tripunithura Radhakrishnan on Ghatom]]<br />
[[File:T V Sankaranarayanan.jpg|thumb|T. V. Sankaranarayanan sings at Kanhangad in Kerala on 17 February 2017 in Thyagaraja - Purantharadasa sangeetholsavam]]<br />
He was born in [[Mayiladuturai]] of [[Thanjavur]] district in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] in south [[India]]. At the age of nine, he started learning music from his uncle, Madurai Mani Iyer.<br />
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He made his debut on the concert platform in 1968 and then gradually established himself as a Carnatic vocalist. He has performed in India and abroad and has several albums. In a profile published in the [[The Financial Express (India)|Financial Express]], [[Subbudu]], a music critic, once wrote: "Sankaranarayanan is indeed an asset to the Carnatic music world, where the tribe of good vocalists is dwindling."<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
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*''Gayaka Sikhamani'' by Bhairavi, USA in 1981<br />
*''Swara Laya Ratnakara'' by Ramakrishnananda Saraswati of Sri Vidyasram, Rishikesh in 1986<br />
*''Ganakalaratnam'' by [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer|Dr. Semmangudi Srinivasa Ayyar]] in 1987<br />
*''Nadakanal'' By Nadakanal, Madras in 1987<br />
*''Innisai Perarasu'' By Bharati Kalamandram, Toronto in 1981<br />
*''Sangeetha Ratnakara'' By Vassar College in 1975<br />
*''Swara Yoga Shironmani'' By Yoga Jivana Satsangha (International)in 1997<br />
*''[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]'' in 1990<br />
*''[[Padma Bhushan]]'' by the Government of India in 2003<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><br />
*''[[Sangeetha Kalanidhi]]'' by the [[Madras Music Academy]] in 2003<br />
*''[[Sangeetha Kalasikhamani]]'' by The Indian Fine Arts Society in 2005<br />
*''Vidhya Tapasvi'' by TAPAS Cultural Foundation in 2012<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040422142135/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2003/12/01/stories/2003120100070100.htm On a joyous musical journey] from ''The Hindu'' newspaper<br />
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