At the age of eight he started learning music from his cousin Semmangudi Narayanaswamy Iyer , and underwent musical apprenticeship with Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer .
At the age of eight he started learning music from his cousin Semmangudi Narayanaswamy Iyer . 
 Then he had a musical apprenticeship with Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer .