Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu

Gayaka Sarvabhauma Śri Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Birth name	Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu
Origin	Parupalli, Guntur District, Madras Presidency, British India
Genres	Carnatic music
Occupation	vocalist of indian classical music
Instrument	vocals
Years active	1883–1951

Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Pantulu (1883–1951) was a Carnatic vocalist. He is better known as a Guru producing maestros like M. Balamuralikrishna and many more renowned musicians.[1][2]

Sri Pantulu was a direct descendant[3][4] of the śishya parampara of Saint Thyagaraja. In the order of Guru Parampara, the musician is directly the fourth in the line of disciples of saint Tyagaraja, after Susarla Dakshinamoorthy Sastry, Akumadugula Manambuchavadi Venkata Subbayya and Saint Tyagaraja.[4]

Born on 15 December 1882 to Smt. Mangamma and Sri . Seshachalam at Village Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, Sri. Pantulu garu (Garu – an honorific title). After formal education and upanayanam (formal coming-of-age ceremony), took up the job of Thanedar - a village law enforcement official in the principality of Challapalli in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh

References

1. Ramnarayan, Gowri (2 July 2010). "The maestro's many moods". The Hindu. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
2. "Neti and Balamurali learned Carnatic music from Parupalli Ramakrishnayya Panthulu"
3. "Music for rains". The Hindu. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
4. "Ancient History of Andhras". 26 July 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2015.