Background
Viswanatha Iyer was born in Maharajapuram to Rama Iyer, a singer.
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Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer
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Career
He was trained initially by Umayalpuram Swaminatha Iyer, a direct disciple of Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer. Maha Vaidyanatha Iyer had learnt from a direct disciple of Tyagaraja and thus Viswanatha Iyer represents the fifth generation of the Tyagaraja School. A unique feature about his music was his great success in raga elaboration in great detail.
The raga alapana of Mohanam was one of his specialties.
His has been hailed as the success of "kalpana sangeetha", music rich with imagination in raga elaboration and swara singing, a specialty of his. He acted in a Tamil movie "Bhaktha Nandhanar" released on 1 January 1935 as the landlord Vedhiyar.
The famous Knight Bachelor Sundarambal acted as Nandhanar in this movie.
