Vidwan G.N.Balasubramanyam, President of the previous Conference, seconding the proposal, observed that Vidwan Mani Iyer enjoyed a unique distinction in the musical world and had certain qualities, which endeared him to all. In doing so, he said that Vidwan Mani Iyer richly deserved the honour since he came from a reputed parampara and had adhered to sampradaya. Sri Musiri Subramanya Iyer then proposed Vidwan Madurai Mani Iyer for the Presidentship of the Conference. Prof P.Sambamurthy on the occasion of the proposal of electing the conference president, rightly pointed out that Mani Iyer could satisfy both the laymen as well as the learned alike with his music and knowledge. The Vidwans who were members of the expert committee were delighted about Mani Iyer's extensive knowledge in various grammatical aspects of music. Mani Iyer presided over the annual conference of 1959 and gave his expert views about the demonstrations which took place at the conference. Mani Iyer was awarded the 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi' Title by the MUSIC ACADEMY for the year 1959. Mani Iyer never failed to satisfy his rasikas with their favourite requests of Thukkada pieces - Eppo varuvaro, the English Note, Karpagame, Vellai thamarai, Maye, Ragamalikas etc.

People thronged in the buildings, trees and walls to listen to Mani Iyer's magical music. The concerts at various temples and religious functions got unusual responses. The great accompanists of those days like Palani subramanya pillai, Rajamanikam pillai, Palghat Mani Iyer volunteered to accompany Mani Iyer. He gave many concerts at the temples of Mylapore and the fans of Madras were excited with the return of their master. Mani Iyer came back to Madras after the evacuation period and settled down in a house at the same Luz church Road. He soon became an unconquered hero of the crowds and he remained so till the end. His fresh approach earned much popularity and the crowd for each of his concert increased overwhelmingly. They enjoyed the flow of his manodharma, which had the melodious synchronization of raga bhava and swarasthana shudham. Critics who initially critised the style later went on to awe the purity in his music and his exposition of all the forms of music. Besides the Akaara singing, he introduced unusual syllables like ooo, eee, yee, while he reached higher octaves and La La in the middle and lower octaves. He also changed his Aakaara style of raga singing to suite his voice adhering to Sruthi shudham and swarasthana shudham. The audiences were thrilled to listen to the fresh voice of Mani Iyer, which had the earlier magic along with a new majestic effect. He sang the pallavi Parimala Rangapathe in Kambhoji, in praise of the presiding deity of the temple. Mani Iyer gave a come back concert at the Parimala Ranganathar Temple in Mayavaram in 1945 during the festival. He remained a nadhayogi till his death and was highly respected for his purity in conduct and character, which also reflected in his divine music. He got many voluntary proposal for marriage, but he had only one point to tell them back, 'Music is all for me and it will accompany me till my end!'. Mani Iyer, decided to remain a bachelor throughout his life and kept-up his decision. But this new voice gave his singing, a maturity which was at par with the elderly musicians such as Ariyakudi, Chembai and Tiger Varadachariar. Mani Iyer's sruthi was reduced to 1ВЅ kattai. He practised very hard to get back his original pitch, but the attempts were only partially successful. He could not reach the higher octaves as he did before.

Mani Iyer did not perform for quiet a long period. But the almighty helped our Mani Iyer to recover soon to become an unparalleled maestro in the music world. Most of the followers believed that Mani Iyer's life would come to an end just like his paternal uncle Pushpavanam Iyer, who died when he was just 32. Many of his rasikas were disappointed by the news and rumours spread all over the country that Mani Iyer would never sing again. Mani Iyer was forced to stop giving musical concerts and was taken for treatment to various places. Although he had some setbacks in health earlier, his youth-hood helped him ignore those setbacks. During 1944 Mani Iyer suffered from severe health problems.

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