B.S. Raja Iyengar

B.S. Raja Iyengar was born in 1901 in Banavar, Karnataka.

B.S. Raja Iyengar studied the carnatic music with Bidara Krishnappa, K. Vasudeva and K. V. Sreenivasa Iyengar. He was known for his renditions of ragas, padams as well as devotional songs. He also sang many Kannada stage songs. He was a court Musician at Mysore and received Mysore State Sangeet Nataka Akademy award in 1965. He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1973 in the field of Music for his contribution to Karnatic Vocal Music.^[1] He was also the president of the first Karnataka Ganakala Parishat held in 1970.^[2]