death_date notable_instruments alias article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name occupation
21 march 1998 mridanga , khanjira csm or chellaswamy sirchabai murugabhoopathy ramanathapuram c s murugabhoopathy
 non_vocal_instrumentalist 14 february 1914 mridanga indian classical music ramanathapuram_c_s_murugabhoopathy_1983_dsc05262 . jpg india ramanathapuram c. s. murugabhoopathy mridanga artist
ramanathapuram c s murugabhoopathy

ramanathapuram c. s. murugabhoopathy -lrb- february 14 , 1914 -- march 21 , 1998 -rrb- , popularly referred to as csm , was one of the most distinguished mridanga maestros of the 20th century .
he was a contemporary of palghat mani iyer -lrb- 1912 -- 1981 -rrb- and palani subramania pillai -lrb- 1908 -- 1962 -rrb- .
the three legends are revered as the `` holy trinity of mridanga '' .
