MANKU THAMPURAN PASSES AWAY

sivachinta1965 · Post by **sivachinta1965** » 21 Jul 2011, 12:14

Dear Rasikas

Manku Thampuran ( 97), one of the oldest among the carnatic musicians of Kerala, passed away on 20th July 2011. She belonged to Kochi Royal Family.

She had her music training under legendary Chembai Vaidyanatha Iyer.

Sivaprasad

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 21 Jul 2011, 13:49

Condolences to the family .

thanjavooran · Post by **thanjavooran** » 21 Jul 2011, 16:37

Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.
Thanjavooran 21 07 2011

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 24 Jul 2011, 05:04

Condolences.

Here is a picture of her accompanied by the legends T.Chowdiah and Palghat Mani Iyer - http://chembai.com/chembaiexemplar.html

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 24 Jul 2011, 07:46

May her soul rest in peace...

Srkris,
Thanks for the link. Her homage to her guru is touching. Shows us what an exemplary guru Chembai was. Not only that--his all-embracing personality and the way he inspired his students as a person also comes through in this essay of Manku Thampuran.

A nice picture of her and of Chowdiah and PMI as well. Is she holding a bul bul tarang in her hands? She was a student of hindusthAni music too, perhaps.

tkb · Post by **tkb** » 24 Jul 2011, 08:07

our sincere condolence.

cienu · Post by **cienu** » 24 Jul 2011, 15:06

Lovely picture srkris.

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 24 Jul 2011, 21:49

May her soul rest in peace.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 25 Jul 2011, 00:30

arasi wrote:Is she holding a bul bul tarang in her hands? She was a student of hindusthAni music too, perhaps.

Arasi, I am not aware of that, but it doesn't appear to me she is holding anything in that photo.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 25 Jul 2011, 01:39

Ah! I looked at it in dim light and it seemed like there was a box-like something on her lap. Now I see it in bright day light. It is just that the border of her top cloth (assuming she's wearing muNDu) gave me such an illusion.

RaviSri · Post by **RaviSri** » 28 Jul 2011, 11:08

The Kochi royal family had a bungalow (palace)in Kodaikanal. Manku Tamburan used to go there for the summer. Che has taken Chembai also there a few times. Once in 1939, Chembai went to Kodaikanal. There arrived Lakshmiratnam, second duaghter of Veena Dhanammal who was also the second guru to T.Brinda and T.Muktha, after their 4 year stint with Kancheepuram Naina Pillai.

Whilst Chembai taught Manku Tamburam he also learned a few pieces from Lakshmiratnam including a couple of padams. Lakshmiratnam stayed for a few weeks at Kodaikanal and returning to Madras passed away in 1940 at the young age of 52.

srkris · Post by **srkris** » 29 Jul 2011, 02:34

Also see for an article published on her by the Indian Express a couple of years ago
http://www.rasikas.org/forums/viewtopic. ... 79#p121979

malavi · Post by **malavi** » 31 Jul 2011, 21:39

Sorry to learn about Smt.Manku Thamburan s passing away.She was well known in kerala and used to be a popular musician. she was one of the judges in AIR Trivandrum when i went for the audition.Used to see her when i went for my programmes.
heartfelt condolences to her family.

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