00:00Bhavakayagan P. Jayachandran, his last rites were performed in front of Tharavadu's Chendamangalam Paliyam Nalikattu in the cremation ground.
00:10The rites were performed in an auspicious manner.
00:13The rites were to be performed at 3 in the evening.
00:17The rest of the rituals were to be performed early.
00:20Thousands of Bhavakayagans were allowed to be seen for the last time.
00:26The rites were to be performed in Poonkuntham's house, Sangeethanadaka Akadami and Tharavadu's house.
00:31Jayachandran had been in treatment for the last one year due to Arbuda Rokam.
00:36He was admitted to Amrita Hospital for the last week due to a fall.
00:40Though he was discharged on Wednesday, he was admitted to the hospital for physical ailments on Thursday.
00:47He died on the following night at 8 o'clock.
00:50He composed more than 1000 songs in his musical life spanning 5 decades.
00:56He sang for the first time in 1966 for the film Kunjali Manekar.
01:02But the song called Manjalail Mungithorthi in Calicut came out first.
01:08After that, he did not have to look back.
01:11He received the National Award for Best Singer in 1986.
01:16In 1972, he was awarded for the song Neelagiri Ude Sagigalai in the film Panithiratha Veedu.
01:26He sang this song 5 times.
01:30In 2021, Kerala awarded him with the J.C. Daniel Award.
01:35He has sung numerous Tamil songs.
01:38He won the Kalai Mamani Prize for his contribution to Tamil Cinema.
01:46He sang in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi.
01:52He also acted in films like Nakkshathangal, Trivandrum Lodge.
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