paalakkad someshwara bhaagavathar;a great Teacher.

[srikanthamshastry]

paalakkad someshwara bhaagavathar was a great guru,who resided in karnataka,malleshwaram,bangalore.His parampara starts with panju iyer,gaayaka shikhaamani paalakkad Anantharaama bhaagavathar etc.He came to bangalore in early1920s.He suffered with poverty.After 1925 gradually he got a good name in teaching.Very great vidwans of ester years became his disciples.My grandfather Chintalapalli Ramachandra rao was his staunch 'shishya'.Other students are prof.Ramarathnam of mysore,asthaana vid.S.N.Mariyappa,Gururajachaari of hyderabad,Anantharaaman,Hyderabad sister's guru(i dont know the name).Bhaagavathars's brother,Arunaachala Bhagavathar(Father of Vid.T.A.S.Mani,Jayam&bhaagyam,a famous vocal duet of those days) also lived with him.Ramanad Srinivasa iyengar,Bhairavi Kempe gowda,chintalapalli venkata rao,Karur Krishna rao,Kulithalai Krishna swamy rao,Tiger,were his close friends.He passed away in1950's.This much i know about him.I welcome the readers to enrich the information about him.