Ambujam Krishna (1917 - 1989) was a composer of Carnatic Kritis. She has composed more than 600 kritis in various Carnatic

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Personal life

Ambujam Krishna is the daughter of K. V. Ranga Iyengar, an advocate of

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. She had her music training under Karaikudi Ganesan and Ganesha Bhagavathar. She married T. S. Krishna who was an industrialist and son of T. V. Sundaram Iyengar. She graduated in

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from the Delhi University. Industrialist Suresh Krishna is her son.

Musical journey

Ambujam Krishna has composed kritis in various languages such as Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. She has also composed songs with more than one language in the same song. It is called Manipravalam in Tamil. Her compositions have been published in two volumes under the title ''Geetamala''.
Her compositions have been tuned by various music masters like

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, V. V. Sadagopan, S. Ramanathan,

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and others. She was a senior office bearer of Sri Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam, Madurai. She started a music college ''Satguru Sangeetha Vidyalayam'' as a wing of the sabha.

References

External links

List of some compositionsSongs of Ambujam Krishna
* - A composition of Ambujam Krishna (her favourite) sung by

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