Lavanya Sundararaman (years active 2000-present) the great-granddaughter of Palghat Mani Iyer, received music lessons during her childhood and studied at Queen Mary's College, Chennai
2000  Present She is also the great-granddaughter of Palghat Mani Iyer, who was a mridangam maestro. Lavanya received music lessons during her childhood from her great-grandmother D. K. Pattammal. 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. 
