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YELLA VENKATESWARA RAO

He is a child prodigy, who gave a public performance at the age of seven, even before any formal training in 'mridangam', the South Indian classical percussion instrument. Noticing his talent and interest, his adopted father and 'guru' taught him the art and he went on to become the ultimate in playing the instrument.

Born on 16th December 1947 into a family of musicians, (Mahalakshmi and late Rama Murthy) he was adopted by Yella Somanna, the mridangam maestro and disciple of late T S Palghat Mani Iyyer, a consummate mridangam player.