Emani Sankara Sastry was first played on NTS on 9 January 2024. Songs played include Jagadanandakaraka Naatai--Adi.

Emani Sankara Sastry (b: September 23, 1922 - d: 1987), was a renowned Veena player of Carnatic music.

Sankara Sastry was born on September 23, 1922 in Draksharama, Andhra Pradesh. He came from a family of celebrated classical musicians. His father Vainika Bhooshana Veena Acharya Emani Achuta Rama Sastri, a famed vainika and sastragna was a contemporary of Sangameshwara Sastri and Veena Venkata Romainiah Das of Andhra.[citation needed]

The prodigious training he had from a young age under his unsparing father was reflected in abundance in his tuneful, melodious and…