# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/t-r-mahalingam
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:40:10.532Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/t-r-mahalingam"
name: "T. R. Mahalingam"
slug: "t-r-mahalingam"
description: "Tiruvidaimarudur Ramaswamy Mahalingam affectionately known as Mali, was a flautist who revolutionised the style of flute-playing in Carnatic music."
tagline: "Flautist (1926-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/T.R.Mahalingam_Flautist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1926-11-06"
deathDate: "1986-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.36
  momentum:             4.517286982807482
  historical:           6.213968
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "T. R. Mahalingam (flautist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಟಿ.ಆರ್.ಮಹಾಲಿಂಗಂ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF.%E0%B4%86%E0%B5%BC._%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%82"
    title: "ടി.ആർ. മഹാലിംഗം"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%9E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D)"
    title: "டி. ஆர். மகாலிங்கம் (புல்லாங்குழல் கலைஞர்)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tcy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF._%E0%B2%86%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D._%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%82"
    title: "ಟಿ. ಆರ್. ಮಹಾಲಿಂಗಂ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9F%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D.%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%82"
    title: "టి.ఆర్.మహాలింగం"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/58f8934c-7691-4804-98ad-7d4a41223fb4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1260530"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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