Trichur Brothers

Student of

P. S. Narayanaswami

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Biography

Trichur Brothers are Carnatic vocalists Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan, sons of mridangam vidwan Trichur R. Mohan. The title "Trichur Brothers" was conferred by Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchi. They trained under Madurai Balamani Eswar, Thamarakkadu Govindan Namboothiri, and Prof. Neyyattinkara Mohanachandran, study with Padma Bhushan P.S. Narayanaswamy, and learned laya from their father. Known for exchanging phrases in raga alapana as a duo, they have toured widely since the late 1990s, including North America, and composed the Namami Gange theme song.