Ambujam Krishna


Ambujam Krishna was a composer of Carnatic Kritis. She has composed more than 600 kritis in various Carnatic ragas.

Personal life

Ambujam Krishna is the daughter of K. V. Ranga Iyengar, an advocate of Madurai. She had her music training under Karaikudi Ganesan and Ganesha Bhagavathar. She married T. S. Krishna who was an industrialist and son of T. V. Sundaram Iyengar. She graduated in Home Science from the Delhi University.
Industrialist Suresh Krishna is her son.

Musical journey

Ambujam Krishna has composed kritis in various languages such as Sanskrit, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. She has also composed songs with more than one language in the same song. It is called Manipravalam in Tamil. Her compositions have been published in two volumes under the title Geetamala.

Her compositions have been tuned by various music masters like T. N. Seshagopalan, V. V. Sadagopan, S. Ramanathan, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and others.
She was a senior office bearer of Sri Sathguru Sangeetha Samajam, Madurai. She started a music college Satguru Sangeetha Vidyalayam as a wing of the sabha.

Some of her compositions

Kriti - Ragam
  1. Aadina Aravindha - Ragamaliga
  2. Aadinaiye Kanna - Mohana Kalyani
  3. Aandal Kalyanam - Ragamaliga
  4. Abhaya Kaaram - Sahana
  5. Adaikalam Adaikalam - Madhyamavathi
  6. Aadi Varum Azhaginai - Ragamaliga
  7. Aadiya Paadhaa - Sarasangi
  8. Atputham Anegam - Nattaikurinji
  9. Azhagaa Azhagaa - Suddha Dhanyasi
  10. Chinna Chinna Paadham - Kapi