Parassala B. Ponnammal was an Indian Carnatic musician from the south Indian state of Kerala. She was a classical carnatic vocalist in the lineage of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Muthiah Bhagavathar, and Papanasam Sivan.
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Parassala Ponnammal sings at the Doordarshan National Programme of Music in 2009. Avaneeswaram Vinu (violin), Erickavu N. Sunil (mridangam), Trikkakkara Y. N. Santharam (kanjira)
The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Smt. Parassala B. Ponnammal, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 13, 2017Awards 3
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About this person
Parassala B. Ponnammal was an Indian Carnatic musician from the south Indian state of Kerala. She was a classical carnatic vocalist in the lineage of Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Muthiah Bhagavathar, and Papanasam Sivan. She was the first woman to perform at the Navaratri Mandapam in Thiruvananthapuram as a part of the Navaratri Celebrations of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple in Kerala.
Country
IndiaCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2021 · aged 97
Written about in
5 languages
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