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Madurai Pushpavanam Iyer was a great Carnatic Musician who lived during the latter half of the 19th century and the first 25 years of the 20th century. He was known for his melodious voice and was very popular as a musician. He was the father of Rajam Pushpavanam, the paternal uncle of Madurai Mani Iyer and grand uncle of T. V. Sankaranarayanan. Madurai Pushpavanam was a handsome man with a voice that was golden and sweetness personified, and one who could sing in any sruti between 2 and 4.〔http://archive.org/stream/MusicRes-Periodicals/PAC-Souvenir-1998_djvu.txt page 43〕 He would enliven crowds coming from far and near, crowds that came to see him, admire him and hear him. People were willing to wait for hours together to hear the “great” Pushpavanam. R.Rangaramanuja Ayyangar, who published many books on Carantic music, described him as "A handsome stripling with a curious coiffure that subsequently became the fashion among his fans, clad in spotless white muslin with loose sleeves flying about, with eyes closed and the music! What an intoxicating voice, responding readily, with incredible ease and grace, to the surging crescendo of ravishing, sophisticated music conjured up from a highly imaginative mind! And how the audience rocked and swayed as if in a trance" 〔https://ia600508.us.archive.org/3/items/anothergarlandbo014528mbp/anothergarlandbo014528mbp.pdf, Page225〕 ==Early life and background== Pushpavanam was born in the mid-1880s, in Madurai. Not much is known about his early life except for rumors. When he was very young, his mother would go, clean and pray in a nearby temple, every day. One day, the young Pushpavanam, started singing. It was “claimed” that Hanuman, who was the deity in the temple, blessed her young son with an impeccable voice. In an All India Radio interview, recorded in the 1960s, Madurai Mani Iyer said Ettayapuram Ramchandra Bhagavathar was Pushpavanam’s guru〔http://maduraimani.tripod.com/id8.html〕 A renowned teacher of yester years, Ettayapuram Ramachandra Bhagavathar. “prayed for a disciple who would blend his unmatched expertise with a divine voice and Pushpavanam was the answer and gift to him. Pushpavanam was a musical discovery, a treasure-trove. The ‘Flower-garden', which the name of the vocalist actually means, was a veritable garden of raga, tana, pallavi, kriti and swara and he was a master of concerts with few to challenge” 〔https://ia600508.us.archive.org/3/items/anothergarlandbo014528mbp/anothergarlandbo014528mbp.pdf, Page225〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madurai Pushpavanam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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