The great-granddaughter of Palghat Mani Iyer, who studied at Queen Mary's College, Chennai and  received music lessons during her childhood was Lavanya Sundararaman (years active 2000-present)
Lavanya has completed her post-graduate and undergraduate studies in Music at Queen Mary's College, Chennai and is pursuing her Ph.D. in Music under the guidance of Dr. M. A. Bhageerathi. She is also the great-granddaughter of Palghat Mani Iyer, who was a mridangam maestro. 2000  Present Lavanya received music lessons during her childhood from her great-grandmother D. K. Pattammal. 
