A multifaceted personality Rajam is an exponent of various art forms like Drawing, Painting, Music and Photography to name a few.

Rajam had his training in music from maestros of music like Ambi Dikshitar, Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Papanasam Sivan and Madurai Mani Iyer. He has been giving performances from the very young age of thirteen. At the age of fifteen he developed his drawing skill. He joined The School of Arts and furthered his skills.

Rajam worked as music supervisor with AIR, where he popularised South Indian Music. During his tenure, he recorded rare songs of Vaggeyakaras, produced many operas and musical plays. He has been instrumental in bringing out 72 Melakartha Kirthanas of Koteeswara Iyer. He has popularised Thirukkural by singing them. He has toured the whole of India and has visited many foreign countries. He is a member of the expert committee of The Music Academy. He has been training a lot of students.

Rajam through his drawings has drawn the attention of one & all towards the ancient culture of our country. He is a reputed painter in water colour. His drawings are a rare blend of traditional style with his unique touch. He has brought the forms of Vaggeyakaras of Carnatic Music, Epic characters of our Puranas, Gods & Goddesses to life through his drawings. For example his paintings of the trinities adorn the walls of The Music Academy, his paintings of Navagrahas find their place in the pooja rooms of many a home.

For more information on S.Rajam, visit
http://www.indian-heritage.org/music/rajam.htm

Visitors' Reactions

The minute work in each painting deserves our complete attention. - A.Boopalan

Excellent! - R.Muthusubramaniam

NICE! - S.Kannan

The works are positively inspiring and take me to a different dimension. - Uma Dayanidhi

Very nice ! - I like it, Prakriti

Very Nice - Dr.S.S.Yagnarayanan

This sesssion helped us to get a lot of information - Asha Sridharan

As an aspiring artist / writer myself, this session has been immensely inspirational to me. It is amazing to see someone so talented who is so humble. - Sruti Ravindran

A great artist uncle... He does not need a Padma Bhushan for recognition. - V.S.Ramana

Sri Rajam is a genius at his best - R.Prasanna Venkatesan

Excellent - K.Srinivas

Truly inspirational works of arts. It is good to see such an exhibition, where an artist such as Rajam finally gets to inspire the younger generation. - Bhooma Padmanabhan

Humbling and Elevating. - Radesh Rangarajan

Wonderful. - Devaki Muthiah

Remarkable. - R.Swaminathan

Awesome! A lifetime of dedicated creativity. - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam

A fabulous documentary style. His intense research into the Hindu pantheon would be a valuable learning source. - Nithya Balaji

A renewed sense of humility each time one sees Rajam's work. Simply amazing! - Rupa Gopal

I am reminded of a remark made by Mr. Sundaram Iyer the artists' father "Rajam is the true artist among all my children" considering the other children included Veena maestro Balachandar and cine fame Jayalakshmi, that was not a small tribute. - G. Ram Mohan

A distinctive style. - B.Natarajan

GREAT! - Jayashree Kannan

Fabulous paintings! Indeed, S.Rajam must have been born with a silver paint brush in his mouth. - Manasa Parthasarathy