Sudha Ragunathan

Sudha Raghunathan
Born	Sudha Venkatraman April 30
Occupation	Carnatic Singer
Spouse	Raghunathan (1982-present)
Children	Kaushik Malavika
Parents	Venkatraman Choodamani

Sudha Raghunathan (Tamil:சுதா ரகுநாதன்) is a Carnatic music singer from South India. She was awarded a Padma Shri for excellence in singing. She was born in Bangalore and went to Good Shepherd Convent. She did higher education at Bangalore, Karnataka and obtained a Masters Degree in Economics.She started singing at nine years of age. Later, she received her training from her mother Choodamani, and continued the training under B. V. Lakshmanan. She has received the Artistes for advanced training in Carnatic music. In 1977, through the success of her first performance, she got a scholarship to study music under Padma Bhushan, Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. M.L Vasantha Kumari. Dr MLV encouraged her to pursue music as a career. She is married to Ragunathan and they have two children.

Awards

• Bharat Jyothi (Tamil:பாரத் ஜோதி) from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New York (1988)
• Kalai mamani (Tamil:கலைமாமணி')' award from the state government of Tamilnadu, India (1993)
• Sangeetha Choodamani (Tamil:சங்கீத சூடாமணி) from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai (1997)
• Padma Sri award in the field of Carnatic vocal music (2004)
• Sangeetha Kala Saarathi (Tamil:சங்கீத கலா சாரதி) from Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai, from His Holiness Shri Jayendra Saraswathi of Kanchi Mutt
• Sangeeta Saraswathi (Tamil:சங்கீத சரஸ்வதி) from The Mahasannidanam of Sringeri
• Gana kuyil (Tamil:கானக்குயில்) from Valmiki Manram, Chennai
• Isai Peroli (Tamil:இசைப் பேரொளி) and VST Award from Karthik Fine Arts, Chennai
• Good knowledge in procedure from Sahara Fine Arts, Chennai
• Sangita Kokila from Tamil Sangam Navi Mumbai

External links

• Sudha Ragunathan's Homepage