native_name_lang death_date death_place birth_place native_name birth_date background genre article_title name occupation
tam 31 october 2003 madras , tamil nadu state , india tirukkodikaval , thanjavur district , madras presidency , india செம்மங்குடி ஸ்ரீநிவாஸ ஐயர் 25 july 1908 solo_singer carnatic music -- indian classical music semmangudi srinivasa iyer
 semmangudi r. srinivasa iyer singer
semmangudi srinivasa iyer

semmangudi radhakrishna srinivasa iyer -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 25 july 1908 -- 31 october 2003 -rrb- was a carnatic vocalist .
he was the youngest recipient of the sangeetha kalanidhi awarded by the music academy in 1947 and has received many awards including padma bhushan and padma vibhushan from the government of india , sangeet natak academy award -lrb- 1953 -rrb- , `` isai perarignar '' from government of tamil nadu and kalidas samman from government of madhya pradesh .
he was affectionately addressed as `` semmangudi maama '' -lrb- semmangudi uncle -rrb- by his disciples .
he was also considered the `` pitamaha '' or the grand sire of modern carnatic music .
he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by university of kerala in 1979 .
