# K. V. Narayanaswamy

> Palghat Kollengode Viswanathan Narayanaswamy, often referred to as K. V. Narayanaswamy was an Indian musician, widely considered to be among the finest Carnatic music vocalists of the 20th century. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1986. He was described as the "Perfect Knight" of Carnatic music, a phrase from Geoffrey Chaucer, by V. K. Narayana Menon, art critic of India and recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship.

*South Indian Carnatic Musician (1923-2002)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1923-11-15
- **Died:** 2002-04-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/1873926)
- [كى. ڤى. ناراياناسوامى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%89._%DA%A4%D9%89._%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%89)
- [K. V. Narayanaswamy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._V._Narayanaswamy)
- [کی. وی. نارایاناسوامی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C._%D9%88%DB%8C._%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C)
- [ಕೆ.ವಿ.ನಾರಾಯಣ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ](https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%86.%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF.%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%A3_%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BF)
- [കെ.വി. നാരായണസ്വാമി](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86.%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF._%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BF)
- [Нараянсвами, Палгхат](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B3%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%82)
- [கே. வி. நாராயணசுவாமி](https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87._%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF)
- [కె.వి.నారాయణస్వామి](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86.%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BF)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/50b4f46a-77f8-4392-afff-6ef67c93b907)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15493252)

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