InstrumentVenu
FromTiruvarur, Madras Presidency, British India, India
TraditionCarnatic
Legacy Profile(1934–2015)
Sri
Natesan Ramani
Notable Students
Bagyalakshmi A N(Flute)Chitoor Raghavaraman(Flute)Gopi Ganesh Brothers(Flute)Karthikeyan V(Flute)Karthikeyan K(Flute)Mukund L V(Flute)Nandhini Harish(Flute)Ramakrishnan B(Flute)Ranjani Narasimhan(Flute)Subramanian K R(Flute)Tiruvarur Swaminathan(Flute)Trichy Rangarajan(Flute)Thiagarajan Ramani(Flute)R. Athul Kumar(Flute)Prapancham S. Balachandran(Flute)B. Gokul(Flute)A. V. Prakash(Flute)
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Biography
N. Ramani was a renowned Indian Carnatic flautist, credited with introducing the long bass flute to Carnatic music. A recipient of the prestigious Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Padma Shri awards, he was a disciple of the legendary T. R. Mahalingam and trained over 100 disciples in his Ramani Academy of Flute.
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Profile last updated 2026-10-11
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