Versatile devotional singer Pithukuli Murugadas is no more
Posted on: 17/Nov/2015 12:23:12 PM
Renowned Tamil devotional singer Pithukuli Murugadas aged 95 years who was a writer, lyricist and music composer passed away today morning following a brief illness.
He was recipient of Kalaimamani, Sankeerthana Samrat and Thyagaraja awards. Murugadas, who started his musical career in 1947, has written and composed thousands of devotional songs and performed in Singapore, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the USA.
Born at Coimbatore on January 25, 1920, in a Brahmin family, Murugadas (Balasubramanian) learnt bhajans from his grandfather Gopalakrishna Bagavathar.
While participating in a freedom struggle in 1936, he was severely beaten up by police and lost vision in his left eye completely.
