Sree Sankara Talent Award for C. Y. Gangadharan

C. Y. Gangadharan of Perumbavoor has been selected for the Sree Sankara Talent Award for young musicians. The award named after Adi Sankaracharya is instituted by Sree Sankara Assessment and Accreditation Council (SAAC), the first of its kind in Kerala - an autonomous body of Sree Sankara School of Dance, Kalady. C. Y. Gangadharan will receive the award in May 2010 in connection with the 4th Sree Sankara National Dance and Music Festival at Kalady.

C. Y. Gangadharan is an employee of Infosys, Bangalore who has special interests towards Music, Vedas, Yoga and Sports. He started learning Classical Music from Nedumkandom Vasudevan and presently he is getting trained under Bangalore K. V. Krishna Prasad. Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Padmabhushan Madurai T.N Seshagopalan is his Guru for Namasankeerthanam. N.S Viswamani Bhagavthar and H. Ramanathan of Perumbavoor were the first ones to introduce Gangadharan to the world of Bhajana. Also Gangadharan has proven his skill in chanting 3 Prasnas of Taittariya Upanishad, Vishnu Sahsranamam, Lalitha Sahasranamam, Purusha Sooktham, Sree Sooktham, Durga Sooktham, Aditya Hridayam, Rudram, Rudra Kramapatham, and Bhagavat Gita.

Apart from these, Gangadharan has won prizes for Music in University level competitions. He has a few Music Albums in his credits. He was a participant in Gandharva Sangeetham – the musical reality show – in Kairali TV. He has performed Carnatic Vocal Concerts and participated in Samprdaya Bhajana in many places like Chennai, Bangalore, Madurai, Rameswaram, Pandarpur etc. C. Y. Gangadharan is son of S. Yagneswara Iyer and G. Vally Ammal and an active member of Kerala Brahmana Sabha. His only brother C. Y. Subramanian is a student.