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Renowned nagaswaram subordinate Semponnarkoil S.R.G. Rajanna passed distant connected Wednesday (December 17, 2025). He was 94.
The lad of Semponnarkoil Govindasamy Pillai, helium performed alongside his elder brother, S.R.G. Sambandam. Exponents of the Semponnarkoil tradition, which included rakthi melam, the brothers performed crossed the state arsenic good arsenic abroad. They were asthana vidwans of the Dharmapuram, Tirupanandal, and Tiruvavaduturai Adeenams, and of the Kanchi Sankara Math. The duo besides performed connected invitation astatine respective samasthanams.
Semponnarkoil, a tiny town, secured a spot successful Thevaram arsenic the Swarnapuresswarar temple was sung successful praise by Gnanasambandar. Their grandfather, Ramasamy Pillai, was the archetypal nagaswaram subordinate to chopped a disc, which is inactive available. Rajanna learnt the nagaswaram from Pandanallur Venugopala Pillai and Govindaswamy Pillai. He lived successful Mayiladuthurai earlier shifting his basal to Chennai.
He was conferred the Mumbai-based Sri Shanmukhananda Sabha’s National Eminence Award for nagaswaram to people the 125th commencement day of nagaswaram wizard T.N. Rajarathinam Pillai. Rajanna had besides received the Music Academy’s T.T.K. Award for Excellence.
