What distinction was awarded to the Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist and composer when he won the National Award for a Kannada language film based on the life and teachings of the founder of the Tattvavada philosophy, Madhvacharya?
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Madhvacharya (film) Madhvacharya (1986) is a Kannada language film directed by G. V. Iyer. The film is based on the life and teachings of the founder of the Tattvavada philosophy, Madhvacharya. Ananthalakshmi Films produced this film and Theatrical Distributor was the distributor of the film. This film screened at 11th IFFI panorama. It won the National Award for Dr.M. Balamuralikrishna as the Best Music Director.
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M. Balamuralikrishna Mangalampalli Balamuralikrishna (6 July 1930 – 22 November 2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, musician, multi-instrumentalist, playback singer, composer, and character actor. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1978. He has garnered two National Film Awards (1976, 1987), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1975, the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor in 1991, for his contribution towards arts, the Mahatma Gandhi Silver Medal from UNESCO in 1995, the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government in 2005, the Sangeetha Kalanidhi by Madras Music Academy, and the Sangeetha Kalasikhamani in 1991, by "the Fine Arts Society", Chennai to name a few.
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T. N. Seshagopalan Madurai Thirumalai Nambi Seshagopalan (born, September 5, 1948) is a noted Carnatic singer, musician and composer. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2006. As well as being a master of the veena and harmonium, he is an exponent of harikatha.
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A. K. C. Natarajan A. K. C. Natarajan (born 30 March 1931) is a carnatic music clarinet player. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2008. He received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1994. He was bestowed with the title "Nadha Dweepa Kalanidhi" by Nadhadweepam Trust, Tiruchirappalli. He learnt vocal music from Alathur Venkatesa Iyer and his nagaswaram teacher was Iluppur Natesa Pillai, brother of the thavil maestro Iluppur Panchami.
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R. Suryaprakash R. Suryaprakash is an award-winning Carnatic vocalist, composer, and lyricist. An 'A Grade' artist of All India Radio, he has travelled extensively and received accolades for his performances.
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Sri MadhwaVijaya Madhwa Vijaya or "The story of the victory of Madhva" is a biography of the great Dvaita philosopher Sri Madhvacharya. It is authored by Sri Narayana Panditacharya, who was the son of Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya, one of the direct disciples of Madhvacharya. Sri Trivikrama Panditacharya was a famous advaita exponent of his time and converted himself to the Madhva faith after disputation with Sri Madhvacharya himself for 7–8 days in Kasargod of Kerala. He is also the author of the famous "Vayu Stuti" which is recited by all devote Madhvas, daily, till date.
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Pattabhiramayya Pattabhiramayya was a nineteenth-century composer of Carnatic music. He composed in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages. He was born in the village of Tiruppanandal near Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, India.
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Vivekachudamani The Vivekachudamani (Sanskrit: विवेकचूडामणि) is a famous Sanskrit poem ascribed to Adi Shankara in the eighth century. It expounds the Advaita Vedanta philosophy and is in the form of 580 verses in the Shardula Vikridita metre. The "Vivekachudamani" describes developing Viveka, the human faculty of discrimination or discernment between real (unchanging, eternal) and unreal (changing, temporal), as the central task in the spiritual life, and calls it the crown jewel among the essentials for Moksha. The title "Vivekachudamani" translates to "Crest Jewel of Discrimination". Through the centuries, the "Vivekachudamani" has been translated into several languages and has been the topic of many commentaries and expositions.
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Ranganayaki Rajagopalan Kalaimamani Ranganayaki Rajagopalan (born 3 May 1932) is an award-winning veena instrumentalist and winner of Presidential Award for Carnatic Instrumental Music.
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Vyasatirtha Vyasaraja or Vyasa Thirtha (Kannada: ವ್ಯಾಸತೀರ್ಥ ; 1447–1548), also called Vyasaraya or Chandrikacharya, was a Hindu philosopher, dialectician, polemicist and poet. He is considered to be one of the three great spiritual sages or "munitrayam" of Dvaita Vedanta, along with Madhvacharya and Jayatirtha, for his immense contribution to the school of thought. He was a scholar of very high order with a judicious defence of the Dvaita Vedanta against all rival schools of thought. He also brought the Haridasa cult, historically believed to be propagated by Sri Narahari Tirtha, into limelight. He belonged to the Dvaita school of Madhvacharya. He, along with Jayatirtha, helped systematize Dvaita into an established school of Vedic thought. Vyasaraja's genius lay in his clear understanding and exposition of all his opposing schools of thought, for which even his opponents admired him. He was a master at debate and dialogue in logic and philosophy. Till the publication of the Vyasayogicharita of the poet Somanatha, the world had no idea of the part played by Vyasaraja in the history of the Vijayanagara empire.
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Krishnapura matha The Krishnapur Matha (Tulu: ಕೃಷ್ಣಾಪುರ ಮಠ क्रिश्नापुर मठ "Kr̥ṣṇāpura maṭha") or Krishnapur Mutt in some records and literature is a Madhwa Vaishnava monastery. It is one of the Ashta Mathas of Udupi founded by Dvaita philosopher Madhvacharya of Udupi. Krishnapur Monastery is currently headed by Vidyasagara Thirta. The first swami of this monastery was Janardhana Thirta, who was one of the direct disciples of Madhvacharya. Its presiding deity is Kalingamardhana Krishna. The matha houses a Mukyaprana temple inside where puja is performed every day.
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Tattuvarayar Tattuvarayar was an ascetic scholar and disciple of Svarupananda Desikar in the late 14th century - early 15th century time. He composed an anthology of verses on the Advaita philosophy called "Kurundirattu" containing about 1400 verses around the same time his "guru" (teacher) wrote an anthology. Tattuvarayar is also known for his many devotional songs and poems, famous among which are the "Paduturai", "Nanavinodan Kalambakam", "Mohavadaip-parani" and "Annavadaipparani".
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Shatavadhani Ganesh Shatavadhani R. Ganesh (4 December 1962) is a practitioner of the art of avadhana, a polyglot, an author in Sanskrit and Kannada and an extempore poet in multiple languages. He has performed more than 1000 avadhanas, in Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu, and Prakrit. He is known for extempore composition of poetry (āśukavita) during these performances, and even of chitrakavya. He is the only Śatāvadhāni from Karnataka. He once set a record by composing poetry for twenty-four hours continuously. From 30 November 2012 to 2 December 2012, he performed the first ever Shatavadhana entirely in Kannada. On 16 February 2014, in Bangalore, he performed his 1000th avadhāna.
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Johnson (composer) Johnson (26 March 1953 – 18 August 2011) was an Indian film score composer and music director who has given music to some of the most important motion pictures of Malayalam cinema, including those for "Koodevide", "Namukku Parkkan Munthiri Thoppukal", "Oru Minnaminunginte Nurunguvettam", "Vadakkunokkiyantram", "Perumthachan", "Njan Gandharvan", "Ponthan Mada", and "Bhoothakkannadi". Regarded as one of the finest composers in the industry, he was noted for his lyrical and expressive melodies together with simple but rich tonal compositions of thematic music. Johnson is a recipient of National Film Awards twice and Kerala State Film Awards five times.
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Vasundhara Komkali Vasundhara Komkali (1931–2015), popularly known as Vasundhara Tai, was an Indian classical musician and one of the leading exponents of the Gwalior gharana, an old Khyal tradition of Hindustani music. She was the wife of renowned musician, Kumar Gandharva, and was a recipient of the 2009 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award. The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for her contributions to Indian classical music.
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Tunga Mahavidyalaya Tunga Mahavidyalaya (Kannada: ತುಂಗಾ ಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ) is located at the foothills of Anandagiri in Thirthahalli Town. Tunga Mahavidyalaya "is the offspring of" Tunga Vidyavardhaka Sangha" - an association of the philanthropists. Thirthahalli Taluk is the birthplace of great writers, artists, Jurists and political leaders. It has given birth to two Jnanapeetha awardees - Rastrakavi Kuvempu and U. R. Ananthamurthy, besides a host of other eminent writers like H.M. Nayak, Sri. S.V. Parameshwar Bhat, Poornachandra Tejashwi and so on. Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri. Kadidal Manjappa, socialist leader Sri. S. Gopal Gowda, Justice N.D. Venkatesh, Justice Rama Jois, Cine Director Sri. Girish Kasaravalli, artists like, C.S. Krishna Shetty and B.M. Jagadeesh, B.S. Vishwanath of Co-Operative Movement, Kadidal Shamanna of farmer's movement are important personalities of this region.
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Gayatri Sankaran Dr. Gayatri Sankaran is a visually challenged Indian Carnatic musician and vocalist by nature specialising in Carnatic vocals and violin performances. She is a recipient of the Kalaimamani award from "Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram", a unit of the Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Tamil Nadu. The Government of India honoured her in 2006, with the award of Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award for his contributions to music, making her the first visually impaired woman to receive the award.
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Maharajapuram Santhanam Sangeetha Kalanidhi Maharajapuram Santhanam (Tamil: மகாராஜபுரம் ஸந்தானம் ), (December 3, 1928-June 24, 1992) was one of the greatest Carnatic music vocalists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1989. He was born in Sirunangur, a village in the state of Tamil Nadu. He followed the footsteps of his father Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer who was also a Carnatic singer.
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Mata (film) Mata (Kannada: ಮಠ ; English: Mutt or monastery ) is a 2006 Kannada cult film written and directed by debutant director Guruprasad. It has an ensemble cast starring Navarasa Nayaka Jaggesh, Vaijanath Biradar, Mandya Ramesh and others. The director himself had a cameo in the movie. Mata is a black comedy. The movie primarily revolves around the events that occur within a contemporary matha/mutts, which are revered as one of the most sacred institutions in India. The movie beautifully depicts that enlightenment is only possible if emotions like anger, lust, desire, etc. are overcome. With this movie, Guruprasad rose to fame in the industry.
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Rupavati Rupavati (pronounced rūpavati, meaning "the beautiful one") is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 12th "melakarta" rāgam (parent scale) in the 72 "melakarta" rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is one of the few rāgams given the same name by the Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music.
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Vijay Siva N. Vijay Siva (born 29 March 1967) is an eminent Carnatic music vocalist. He is a disciple of the late D. K. Jayaraman.
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Dharmavati Dharmavati is a rāgam in Carnatic music (musical scale of South Indian classical music). It is the 59th "Melakarta" rāgam in the 72 "melakarta" rāgam system of Carnatic music. It is called Dhaamavati in Muthuswami Dikshitar school of Carnatic music. "Madhuvanti" is the nearest Hindustani music scale to "Dharmavati".