V. Lakshminarayana

His sons L. Vaidyanathan, L. Subramaniam and L. Shankar are also a notable musicians.

He was honoured with many awards and titles including the `Sangeetha Chakravarthy’ conferred by the Indian Music Circle USA.

Prof. Lakshminarayana Iyer served as a Visiting Professor and artiste in Universities abroad.

In 1992, the Madras Music Academy, honoured V. Lakshminarayana Iyer's contribution by placing his portrait in the “Hall of fame”.

The Lakshminarayana Global Music Awards have been instituted as a tribute to his memory.