Palghat Mani Iyer

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Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer
Palghat Mani Iyer in 1943
Background information
Born	(1912-06-12)12 June 1912 Pazhayannur, Cochin State
Died	30 May 1981(1981-05-30) (aged 68) Kochi, Kerala, India
Genres	Indian classical
Occupations	Mridangam artist
Instruments	Mridangam
Awards: Padma Bhushan Award by the Government of India (1971) Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1956) Sangeetha Kalanidhi Award (1966)

Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer (1912–1981), born Thiruvilvamalai Ramaswamy was one of the leading mridangists in the field of Carnatic music. He, along with his contemporaries Palani Subramaniam Pillai and Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy, are revered as the "Holy Trinity of Mrudangam". Mani Iyer was the first mridangist to be awarded the Sangeetha Kalanidhi (1966) presented by the Music Academy of Madras, the Padma Bhushan (1971) and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards(1956) presented by the Government of India.^[1]