Papa Venkataramaiah

Known as Papa, K. S. Venkataramaiah was born on 12 September 1901 and died on 17 March 1972. He learned violin under Chinnaswami Iyer and Govindaswami Pillai. His violin playing was part of Karnatic classical music. T. Abhiramasundari was one of his first disciples. V. P. Raman received violin training under him. T. R. Mahalingam considered Papa Venkataramaiah his mentor. The Music Academy listed him as a Sangita Kalanidhi recipient in 1962.