from the film Niram brought him a third state award in 1998. He received a prestigious national award in 1985 for Sivasankara Sarva Saranya Vibho., a Gurusthuthi song for the film Sree Narayana Guru. The song was Ragam Sreeragam for the film Bandhanam and the music director was M. The year 1978 brought him another state award. Jayachandran got his first state award in 1972 for the song Neelagiriyude ('Suprabhaatham'). Yesudas won the Best Classical Singer award and Jayachandran got the best Mridamgist award in the same year. He was a student of the Irinjalakuda National School from where he received many prestigious prizes for playing the Mridangam and light music in the State School Youth Festival Jayachandran met Yesudas in 1958 when he participated in the state youth festival. Jayachandran graduated from Christ College, Irinjalakuda. His father died in 1983 and mother died in 1991.
His family consists of mother, father, two sisters and two brothers. The famous Malayalam film actor, Innocent Vincent, was his classmate during his school days. He began to sing devotional songs in churches at the age of 8. His mother Subhadra Kunjamma Paliyam Swarupam - Paliyathu Achan Family was also a great music lover who encouraged Jayachandran to learn the notes of Mridangam at a very young age and with her support he could attain dexterity with the Mridangam.
His father Ravivarma Kochaniyan Thampuran of the Cochin Royal Family was a learned musician, though not a professional singer. Jayachandran was born in 'Bhadralayam', Ravipuram, Ernakulam, and later his family moved to Irinjalakkuda.
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