Sri. Cuddalore M. Subramaniam as a modern day composer, a long standing A.I.R artist and a prolific Vageyakarar, who gave enormous concerts throughout the country . He has composed over 600 kritis including 72 Melakartha ragas, Apoorva Raga kritis, several Tamil kritis, Varnams, Thillans and Sri. Raja Rajeshwari Pancharathinam. Sri. Cuddalore M Subramaniam was born on 3rd May 1920 in Cuddalore, formerly known as Thirupadiripuliyur. He was born adjacent to the Sri. Pataleeswarar and Sri. BrihanNayaki temple sannidhi as the 6th child of his pious parents, Sri. Mahalinga Dikshitar and Smt.Lakshmi Ammal. His first Guru was his mother, who was a disciple of Sri. Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar of Ramanadapuram. He had his further training in music under Sri. Thirukoilur Chinnasami Iyer and while studying for his M.A in Economics degree at the Annamalai University, he came under the guidance of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri. Tiger Varadachariar. He excelled in his academic career and completed M.A economics from Annamalai University. He started performing at various events as early as 1937 and his Arangetram concert was held during the Navarathri celebrations at the Sri. Pataliswarar temple, Cuddalore in 1938. He has performed on All India Radio since 1938. He also performed on Doordashan and gave many concerts on National programme of Music. In 1942 he received the Governor’s prize for the best performance awarded by the legendary musician Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri. Tiger Varadachariar. He had a very successful musical career spanning over 50 years and he was well known for his illustrious and distinctive style of singing rich in Bhava and Laya. He has sung at all the major Sangeeta Sabhas in Chennai and throughout India. He was especially poplular in Kerala and his annual kutcheries there were very well received.