Tirunelveli Lakshmanasuri Venkatarama Iyer (25 November 1893 – 2 January 1971) was a judge of the Supreme Court of India, a Carnatic musician, and a musicologist.
Early life T. L. Venkatarama Iyer was born in Harikesanallur, Tamil Nadu, India. He was a close relative of Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar and a disciple of Ambi Dikshitar (a grand-nephew of Muthuswami Dikshitar).
Law
Iyer graduated from Madras Christian Law College in 1916. After doing an apprenticeship under Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, he started practicing at the Madras High Court in 1917. He became a judge in 1951 and served until 1953. From 1954 to 1958, he served as a judge of the Supreme Court of India.
Music Iyer was a Carnatic musician, and a musicologist. Beginning in 1965, he served as the third president of the Madras Music Academy until his death, in 1971.
Publication An authority on Muthuswami Dikshitar's compositions, Iyer published The Life of Muthuswami Dikshitar.
Awards Sangita Kalanidhi, conferred by the Madras Music Academy in 1944
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Further reading
External links TLV Foundation