Though he got appreciations from the critics, his accompanists were not comfortable with his style. Mani Iyer's performances in those days consisted of many rare Krithis and he sang apoorva ragas elaborately which puzzled his accompanists. There was a time when Mani Iyer performed at the Madhava Perumal Temple, Mylapore with hardly a dozen people as the audience ! Even Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer who was much younger to the other contemporaries got many chances than Mani Iyer. Although Mani Iyer's music was hailed by the critics, he could not pull the crowd which his contemporaries and seniors like Ariyakudi, Maharajapuram, Musiri and Chembai commanded. It had the predominant characterestic of Subburama Bhagavathar, who mostly sang for his personal satisfaction rather than for the crowd. But Mani Iyer did not singularly follow any of the above styles and the style he imbided was an unique synchronization of all the above vidwans. Most of the younger vidwans had an inclination to imitate these great artists in some or other way to keep up to the audience who were mesmerized by the styles of the past masters. The younger vidwans filled up the void created by these greats. They invited him frequently for concerts, Mani used those opportunities to meet his manasika guru, Mazhavarayanendal Subbarama Bhagavathar and gained more and more expertise.īy the end of the next decade, the music world had lost some of the all time greats, Konerirajapuram Vaidhyanatha Iyer, Veena Dhanammal, Kanchipuram Naina pillai, Pudukottai Dakshinamoorthy pillai and Malaikotai Govindasamy Pillai. He settled down at Mylapore in a rented house in Luz Church Road alongwith his dependents.
Mani Iyer shifted to Madras, which served as a sanctuary for all the upcoming musicians. Mani Iyer by now had to shoulder the responsibility of being the only earning member of the family and had to support his mother, grandmother (mother of Pushpavanam Iyer) and two sisters. Sri Ramaswamy Iyer who made it all possible for Mani Iyer was happy to watch his son become a rising star.
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