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D.K.Jayaraman was born on 22nd July 1928 at Kanchipuram. His parents are
Damal Krishnaswamy Dikshitar and Rajamal. D.K.Jayaraman started singing
along with his illustrious sister Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt D.K.Pattammal
from his 7th year. Thus his first guru is D.K.Pattammal.
Jayaraman learned more about music from several well known masters like
Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Madurai Mani Iyer, Muthiah Bhagavatar, Rajaratnam
Pillai, Papanasam Sivan, Koteeswara Iyer etc.
From his school days to his forties he gave concerts with his sister and
guru,D.K. Pattamal. D.K.Jayaraman was able to establish his individuality
as a musician when he started giving solo concerts. Sri Jayaraman has a
rich repertoire of the songs of the musical trinity, Saint Thyagaraja, Sri
Muthuswamy Dikshithar and Sri Shyama Sastri. He was instrumental in popularizing
compositions of many modern composers like Papanasam Sivan, Periasami Tooran,
Tanjavur Sankara Iyer, Surajananda, Neela Ramamurthy, Srivatsa and others
