| Date of Birth : June 3 1943 |
| Place of Birth : Pannaipuram in Theni District of Tamil
Nadu |
| Parents
: Daniel Ramaswamy Vs
Chinnathayee |
| Daughter : Bhavatharini |
| Sons
: Karthikeyan,Yuvan Shankar |
| Wife
: Jeeva(Own sister's Daughter) |
| Brothers :
Pavalar Varatharajan ,Daniel Bhaskar,Amar Singh(Gangai Amaran) |
| Introdued : By Panchu
Arunchalan(Asst. of kannadasan) |
| Frist Film :
Annakili (Released year -1976) |
| No of Films : More than 750
(South Indian Languaues and few in Hindi) |
| No of songs (sung by himself) : More than 350 in all South Indian Languaues |
| National Awards : Twice |
| State Awards : More than ten
times |
| Interest :classic Music |
| Follows of :Visiri Samiyar,Ramana Maharishi(Thiruvannmalai), Ramalinga
Adigalar |
| TV Serials :Ilaiyaraja scored music for KALAIGNAR'S THEN PANDI SINGAM- Sun
TV |
| New raga :Ilaiyaraja found a new raga named "PANCHAMUGI" |
| Specialist :Film BGM,Melodious,Implemented classic raga & Westen
music in film songs,Folk songs |
| Lastest Achievements : SYMPHONY by Ilaiyaraja which was
performed by "ROYALPHILHARAMONIC ORCHESTRA" of London |
| Music Master :Ilaiyaraja first Music master in chennai is "DHANRAJ" from him had learnt classic music
& westen music .Before he worked on folk songs.Ilaiyaraja went to London to attend the
"Trinity college of music".He returned to india with GOLD Medal. |
| Film Prodution :Ilaiyaraja have two Film prodution compnays they are Ilaiyaraja Creation's,Pavalar Creation's |
| Story ,songs witten :Ilaiyaraja written story for one film "Nadodi Thendral" also witten the songs of that film. |