Chennai

The 86-year-old veteran was not keeping well for some time and breathed his last at his residence, his family sources told PTI.

A highly respected figure in the field of music, Balamuralikrishna featured in the popular national integration song "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" in which he rendered Tamil lyrics.

A crowd-puller in Carnatic music concerts, musician was also popular among Tamil audiences for his hit number "Oru Naal Pothuma" in the 1965 Sivaji Ganesan starrer "Thiruvilayadal", a mythological film.

He even starred in a number of films in Tamil and Telugu.

Balamuralikrishna was a Padma Vibhushan recipient and was also honoured with a number of state awards.

Leading lights of Carnatic music condoled his death. 

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