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{{Infobox musical artist | {{Infobox musical artist | ||
| name = | | name = Palani Subramania Pillai | ||
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| alias = PSP or Palani | | alias = PSP or Palani | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes| | | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1908|04|20}} | ||
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| origin = [[India]] | | origin = [[India]] | ||
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''' | '''Pazhani Subramania Pillai''' (1909–1962) was a well known [[Carnatic music]] percussionist. He, along with his contemporaries [[Palghat Mani Iyer]] and [[Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy]], are revered as the "Holy Trinity of Mridanga". He was adept in playing the ''[[mridangam]]'' and ''[[kanjira]]''. He was the ''[[sishya]]'' (disciple) of the celebrated Palani Muthaiah Pillai (his father). | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Subramania Pillai was born on 20 April 1908. His mother was Unnamulai Ammal, and his father, Muthaiah Pillai, who was also a mridangist. He learned mridangam under the tutelage of his father and also had the friendship of ‘Thavil Panchami’ Malikkottai Panchapakesa Pillai. He was also influenced by a renowned mridangist at the time, Dakshinamurthy Pillai. | |||
Pillai in return showered great love and affection on young Palani, whom he looked upon as his own son. Before he turned twenty, Palani had the good fortune to accompany stalwarts like Kanchipuram Nayana Pillai, Mazhavarayanendal Subbarama Bhavathar and Mudicondon Venkatarama Iyer. In the next decade others who preferred his accompaniment were Chittoor Subramanya Pillai and importantly [[Alathur Brothers]] whose Guru (father of Alathur Subbier), [[Alathur Venkatesa Iyer]] was a great admirer of Palani. It was because of Palani that the brothers shifted base from [[Trichy]] to [[Madras]] and they made a great team.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} Palani is credited with composing a larger number of major [[pallavi]]s for the brothers including their tempo and nadai variations. Later the team broke up (due to personal misunderstandings) much to the grief of a large number of listeners{{Who|date=April 2011}} and especially Venkatesa Iyer. Iyer managed to effect a reconciliation after a decade of extensive effort and Palani did team up with the brothers but the old camaraderie was gone. | Pillai in return showered great love and affection on young Palani, whom he looked upon as his own son. Before he turned twenty, Palani had the good fortune to accompany stalwarts like Kanchipuram Nayana Pillai, Mazhavarayanendal Subbarama Bhavathar and Mudicondon Venkatarama Iyer. In the next decade others who preferred his accompaniment were Chittoor Subramanya Pillai and importantly [[Alathur Brothers]] whose Guru (father of Alathur Subbier), [[Alathur Venkatesa Iyer]] was a great admirer of Palani. It was because of Palani that the brothers shifted base from [[Trichy]] to [[Madras]] and they made a great team.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} Palani is credited with composing a larger number of major [[pallavi]]s for the brothers including their tempo and nadai variations. Later the team broke up (due to personal misunderstandings) much to the grief of a large number of listeners{{Who|date=April 2011}} and especially Venkatesa Iyer. Iyer managed to effect a reconciliation after a decade of extensive effort and Palani did team up with the brothers but the old camaraderie was gone. | ||
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At the behest of his father Palani erected a shrine on the Samathi of Mamundia Pillai at Pudukkottai in 1945. Till he died in 1962, Palani performed Gurupooja each year at this Samadhi on Mamundia Pillai's death anniversary. This is the day preceding the Aradhana of Saint Thyagaraja (which falls on Bagulapanchami day). After Palani's death his disciples took this over and also initiated the Gurupooja for Palani across different places in [[Tamil Nadu]](M.N.Kandaswamy in [[Chennai]], Udumalai T.Mayilswamy in [[Coimbatore]], etc.). | At the behest of his father Palani erected a shrine on the Samathi of Mamundia Pillai at Pudukkottai in 1945. Till he died in 1962, Palani performed Gurupooja each year at this Samadhi on Mamundia Pillai's death anniversary. This is the day preceding the Aradhana of Saint Thyagaraja (which falls on Bagulapanchami day). After Palani's death his disciples took this over and also initiated the Gurupooja for Palani across different places in [[Tamil Nadu]](M.N.Kandaswamy in [[Chennai]], Udumalai T.Mayilswamy in [[Coimbatore]], etc.). | ||
In [[Kerala]] Palani ‘s disciples are KNS Namboodri, Karunakaran Pillai, and Thankappan. [[Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair]] considered him as his 'Manasa Guru' | In [[Kerala]] Palani ‘s disciples are KNS Namboodri, Karunakaran Pillai, and Thankappan. [[Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair]] considered him as his 'Manasa Guru'. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||