Alamelu Mani - Singer (Carnatic music - Vocals)

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Friday 18, September 2026, 18:00.

Abouts:

Alamelu Mani

Born Alamelu

4 October 1934 (age 91)

Mumbai, British India

Occupation Singer

Spouse Anantha Subramani

Children Hariharan

Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2018)

Musical career

Genres Carnatic music

Instrument Vocals

I:ntroductions:

Alamelu Mani (born 4 October 1934) is an Indian Carnatic vocalist and music teacher from Mumbai, India. She is the mother of singer Hariharan. In 2018 she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Carnatic music.

Biography:


Alamelu Mani was born on 4 October 1934, at Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her father, Varadhan, was a harmonium player. Hariharan, an Indian playback singer is her only son.

Musical career:

Alamelu Mani, Hariharan's Mother Bags Lifetime Achievemt Award While Others Bag Global Women Achiever Awards 2019   

Commemorating the International Father's Day 2019, DYK Health Group, NGO Unity Mission Foundation & GLK GLOBAL Events Organized

VIDEO:  Alamelu Mani and Geetha Raja - Lec dem on "The Special features of Smt T Brinda's school of music"

In Carnatic music, she is an exponent in Padams and Javalis. Alamelu is an A Grade artist of All India Radio (since 1968) and Doordarshan.

Alamelu was given her first music lessons by her grandmother when she was three years old. At the age of ten she started studying Carnatic music under H.A.S. Mani, whom she later married. Her studies were interrupted when Mani died when she was 28, but a year later, she resumed her studies with T. Brinda, a follower of the Devadasi tradition of Carnatic music, T. Muktha and Tanjavur V. Sankara Iyer.

As a Carnatic music teacher, Alamelu has taught over 1,000 students from around the world. Since 1963, she serves as the principal of the South Indian School of Music in Mumbai, founded by her husband H.A.S. Mani.

Notable students:


Arunasairam: Enjoying a warm and tender moment with Smt Alamelu Mani who has been one of my musical inspirations. And her son, the eminent singer Padma Shri Hariharan @singerhariharana has been a dear friend of mine since our childhood days who has opened my eyes to many a musical idea.

Alamelu is not only the mother of singer Hariharan but also his first music teacher. Singer Shriram Iyer is among her students. Geetha Raja, awarded 'Kalaimamani' title by Tamil Nadu Government, is also her student. 

Awards and honors:


Hariharan

@SingerHariharan

It was an auspicious day. Today we celebrated 80th birth anniversary of my mother "Alamelu Mani" at a grand function.

Alamelu received many titles and awards including Gold Medal in the music competition by All India Radio, Gurukripa Award by the Shankar Mahadevan Academy, T. Brinda memorial award by Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, USA, Dronacharya Award from The Rotary Club of Madras East, the Sri Shanmukananda Dr M. S. Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Pracharya Award, Sur Mani title by Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai, Acharya Chudamani title by Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai, and Sangeetha Booshana title by Sri Ranjini Sangeetha Sabha. In 2018 she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Carnatic vocal.

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VIDEO: Alamelu Mani | Vocal Performance | Vasantotsav 2019 | Part 03

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