| P. S. Narayanaswamy | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Puliyur Subramaniam Narayanaswamy |
| Birth Date: | 1934 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Konerirajapuram, Thanjavur, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Genre: | Carnatic music |
| Occupation: | Musician |
Puliyur Subramaniam Narayanaswamy (or Narayanaswami; 24 February 1934 – 16 October 2020) was a Carnatic music vocalist.
He learnt music from Tiruppambaram Somasundaram Pillai, T. M. Thiagarajan and later from Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. He was also a highly acclaimed teacher.[1]
He was awarded the Bala Gana Kala Rathnam at the age of 12. He worked in All India Radio.[2] In 1999, he was conferred the title, 'Sangita Kala Acharya' by the Music Academy.[3] He was awarded `Padma Bhushan' by the Government of India in 2003.[1] [4] [5] [6] His well known disciples include (alphabetically) A.s.Murali, Akshay Padmanabhan, Abhishek Raghuram, Akkarai Sisters, Amritha Murali, Bharathi Ramasubban, C.R.Vaithyanathan, Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Kalavathy Avadhooth, Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna, Nisha Rajagopalan, Ranjani-Gayatri sisters, Bharat Sundar,Sunil Gargeyan, Vishnudev K S, Janani Iyer, and Prithvi Harish
He died on 16 October 2020 due to old age.[7]