# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chowdiah
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:24:48.062Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chowdiah"
name: "Chowdiah"
slug: "chowdiah"
description: "Thirumakudalu Chowdiah, known popularly as Pitil Chowdiah, was a violinist from India in the Carnatic classical tradition. A disciple of vocalist Bidaram Krishnappa, he trained in the Mysore royal court, and went on to become one of the most sought-after accompanists of his era. He later emerged as a renowned soloist, particularly in the Mysore region during pre-independence India. In 1939, he was appointed Asthana Vidwan of the royal court by the Maharaja of Mysore Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV."
tagline: "Indian composer and musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/T_Chowdiah.jpg"
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: "1895"
deathDate: "1967-01-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.04
  momentum:             1.881313131313131
  historical:           6.233876
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.srikanta-sastri.org/pitilutchowdaiah"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowdiah"
    title: "Chowdiah"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ತಿರುಮಕೂಡಲು ಚೌಡಯ್ಯ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%97%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF"
    title: "ചൗഡയ്യ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8C%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "மைசூர் டி. சௌடையா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81_%E0%B0%9A%E0%B1%8C%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF"
    title: "తిరుమకూడలు చౌడయ్య"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%DA%91%DB%8C%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "چوڑیا (موسیقار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5459fa4f-fc7c-425d-aaca-297920b62c32"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump