Veteran Carnatic musician M Balamuralikrishna passed away in Chennai on Tuesday at the age of 86. According to The Hindu, the singer was native of Sankaraguptam, East Godavari District, and was born Murali Krishna. After his first concert at the age of 8, Musunuri Suryanarayana Murty Bhagavatar, a distinguished Harikatha performer, who was in attendance, gave the prefix ‘Bala’, and hence he became Balamuralikrishna. The 86-year-old veteran was not […]