Sangeetha Kalanidhi Chowdiah

Tirumakudalu Chowdiah (Kannada: ಸಂಗೀತ ರತ್ನ ತಿರುಮಕೂಡಲು ಚೌಡಯ್ಯ) (1895 - 19 January 1967) was a violin maestro from India in the Carnatic classical tradition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowdiah

http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/07/01/stories/2005070103420300.htm


The auditorium is built in the shape of a gigantic seven stringed violin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chowdiah_Memorial_Hall

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/chowdiahs-violin-takes-a-bow-at-museum/article4117829.ece