Son of Madurai Thiruvengada Iyengar and Alarmelu Ammal, Srinivasan alias Seenukutty mama was interested in music right from his younger years. Madurai Balakrishna Iyengar, who was his father's friend was a frequent visitor to his house. He along with his friends used to hold discussions about the worldly affairs in his father's house. While the discussions were going on, Srinivasan used to tap his fingers on Mr. Balakrishna Iyengar's head as though he was playing a Mridangam. Noticing this habit of Srinivasan, Balakrishna Iyengar recommended him to a music school. Thus started his journey into the world of Music. In the beginning he learnt music in the Gurukul of Chozhavandhan Sesha Iyengar. He was under Sesha Iyengar for seven years. He gained experience in both vocal music and Mridangam.After school hours, he used to learn music from 4 pm till 8 pm. It is worth mentioning that T.R.Mahalingam,a very popular movie star was also a disciple of Chozhavandhan Sesha Iyengar,Well he accomplished his Arangetram at the age of 14 Apart from Srinivasan,his elder brother T.Venkatesan was an expert in vocal Music and another of his brother Madurai.T.Sethuraman was a connoisseur of Dance music. Thus his family was a musically inclined one. He was 11 years old when he had his first concert. He played accompaniment to his elder brother Madurai.Venkatesan. Then he came to Chennai with his father and started his life in Vanamamalai- which was opposite to the Triplicane Parthasarathy temple. Srinivasan is also a composer and writerin Tamil,for Vocal music, Bharathanatyam, and Mridangam which is being rendered by leading artists in their concerts even now. He has written songs in 9 types of Ragas, Varnas in 9 different Thalas Navaragamaligai varnams, Keerthanais,(Including the World Famous Karunai Deivame Karpagame)- Sri Ragavendra Dasagana songs, Songs for Light music and 'Sama Edai' thillanas for Vocal music. In Bharatha natyam he has created Alarippu in 35 Thalams, He has also created Ragamaligai Jatiswaram, Sapthams, Padhavarnams and Thillanas In Mridangam he has created 35 Jathis, 35 Thala Moharas, 35 Thala Korvaigal, and 35 Thala Aridhis. Awards: Mozhikalai Arasu Laya Chuudaroli Nadhakanal Kalaimamani by Govt of Tamil Nadu in 2003 and also awarded the "Vaggeyakaarar" ( For Lyrics) by The Music Academy 2004 In His family his eldest son M.S.Kannan is an expert Violinist in Cine and Dance Music and his second son S.Seshadri plays the Mridangam too where he has his grandson Sundararam alias S.N.Rajiv and Sai Prassana who plays Mridangam He also Proudly mentioned about his disciples as well, D.A.Srinivas who is a versatile young Mridangam Artiste and Kalpana Ragavendar an endowed Play Backsinger to mention a few.