# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chembai
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:16:25.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chembai"
name: "Chembai"
slug: "chembai"
description: "Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar was an Indian Carnatic music singer from Kerala. He was born in Vatakara, Kerala, and moved to Palakkad kottayi along with his family during his childhood. He is popularly known as Chembai, or sometimes simply as Bhagavatar. Chembai was noted for his powerful voice and majestic style of singing. His first public performance was in 1904, when he was nine. A recipient of several titles and honours, he was known for his encouragement of upcoming musicians and ability to spot new talent. He was responsible for popularising compositions like Rakshamam Saranagatam and Pavana Guru, among others."
tagline: "Indian Carnatic music singer (1896–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chembai.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1896-09-01"
deathDate: "1974-10-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.37
  momentum:             0.7246376811594204
  historical:           5.761449333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "చెంబై వైద్యనాథ భాగవతార్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chembai"
    title: "Chembai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "सी वैद्यनाथ भगवतार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಚೆಂಬೈ ವೈದ್ಯನಾಥ ಭಾಗವತರು"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ചെമ്പൈ വൈദ്യനാഥ ഭാഗവതർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "செம்பை வைத்தியநாத பாகவதர்"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump