The Rudrapatnam Brothers are an Indian Carnatic vocal duo, consisting of brothers R. N. Thyagarajan and Dr. R. N. Tharanathan. The brothers come from a family of musicians from Rudrapatna village off the Kaveri banks in Arkalgud Thaluk of Hassan district in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka. Vocalist Tiger Varadachariar, on seeing the musical atmosphere there, once claimed that "Rudrapatnam is the Thanjavur of Karnataka". Music, Veda adhyayana, and studying Sanskrit were integral parts of their family tradition. They have the honour, as first Carnatic Vocal duo to receive the third highest civilian award of the country "Padma Sri" by the Government of India for the year 2018.[1]
Their musical journey spans more than sixty years with thousands of concerts and with hundreds of sishyas around the globe.[2]