R.K. Shriramkumar, an authority of Dikshitar’s composition, gets Sangita Kalanidhi award 

Grandson of violinist R.K. Venkatarama Shastry, who conducted the Thiyagaraja Aradhana at Thiruvaiyaru for almost 40 years since the 1950s, he had his initial lessons in violin playing from Savitri Satyamurthy.

​Grandson of violinist R.K. Venkatarama Shastry, who conducted the Thiyagaraja Aradhana at Thiruvaiyaru for almost 40 years since the 1950s, he had his initial lessons in violin playing from Savitri Satyamurthy.