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Born on February 12, 1967, Ravikiran stunned the world in April 1969, with his ability to identify and
render
325 ragas (melodic scales), 175 talas (rhythmic cycles) and answer complex questions when quizzed by
luminaries including Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Pandit Ravi Shankar, M S Subbulakshmi, Flute Mali, Palghat Mani Iyer,
T N Krishnan, Ramnad Krishnan and Alla Rakha. "With mikes all around him and his hands full of biscuits,
all the time playing, the child gave out correct answers", The Music Academy Journal, 1970 (recording events of
1969).
His proclivity for music had been identified and nurtured by his father,
maestro
Chitravina Narasimhan even when Ravikiran was a toddler. Soon leading organisations in India including The
Music Academy, Krishna Gana Sabha and Shanmukhananda Fine Arts featured him to sell-out crowds. |
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While leading publications hailed Ravikiran as an "Unprecedented phenomenon",
"The crown prince of music" and so forth, The Astrological Magazine of India 'proved' that Ravikiran was the
re-incarnation of his grandfather,
Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar. The Music Academy, Madras, awarded the two-year-old a monthly Scholarship. |
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