[3] Though he was from the place named Parur in the Indian state of Kerala, and thus grew up in the milieu of Carnatic music, he traveled to Mumbai in 1909 to learn Hindustani Sangeet from Pandit V D Paluskar.
He proceeded to develop a new style which added some elements of Hindustani music to Carnatic violin playing.
Sundaram Iyer was fond of Abdul Karim Khan saab’s music and used to organize Chamber concerts at his home.
Their eldest daughter, S Sitalakshmi (b 1920), played violin in an orchestra as a child artist.
MSG, as the younger of the violin playing brothers was called, was awarded Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Padma Bhushan titles.