Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, one of the Doyens of Karnataka Sangitam - a trendsetter.

Ariyakudi, a relatively nondescript village in the present day Sivaganga

district of Tamil Nadu, India, has become globally famous thanks to its

native, Sri Ramanuja Iyengar, the Sovereign of South Indian Classical

music, and the colossus who ruled the Carnatic Music world

for 60 years since the advent of the 20th century. Today, the

term, Ariyakudi, not only denotes the legend of Carnatic music but

also the tradition that is followed by the illustrious students of this

great master.