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Nellai A. Balaji
(Mridangam)
Nellai A. Balaji born in Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu, India. He is a percussionist, primarily adept in the mridangam, a south Indian drum instrument. He is a renowned mridangist in India and abroad. He is the son of Sri.J. Azhwar and Smt.Rengamani. He stepped into Carnatic Music at the tender age of 15. Although he commenced with Violin training, very soon he realised his special interest was in percussion and switched over to the Mridangam. His Guru were Nellai Sri Ramachari. His first stage performance took place when he was 17 years old at Palayamkottai for Nellai Sri T.K.Subramaniam. He has accompanied all the top ranking musicians and has also performed at prestigious sabhas in various countries like U.S.A, Canada, U.K., France, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Bali, Australia, Srilanka, Portugal, and Reunion Island. He is an A grade artiste of All India Radio and has received several awards (click Green Plus to view)
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Mambalam Sisters...(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Hemalatha. R-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam D.V. Venkatasubramaniyam-Ghatam | Sringeri Bharathi Vidyashram | 04/04/2025 |
 Sankari Krishnan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Usha Rajagopalan-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam Papanasam S. Sethuraman-Kanjira | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall | 13/03/2025 |
 Vidya Kalyanaraman...(Vocal - Carnatic) V.V. Srinivasarao-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam Trichy Dr. Murali-Ghatam | Kanchi Mahaswamy Anantha Mandapam | 09/03/2025 |
 Sangeetha Swaminathan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam Madipakkam A. Murali-Ghatam | Shakthi Sangita Sabha Trust | 04/01/2025 |
| Sangeetha Swaminathan... (Vocal - Carnatic) R. Madhavan-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam S. Venkataramanan -Kanjira | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall | 03/01/2025 |
| Sangeetha Swaminathan... (Vocal - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam | The Madras Sanskrit College Auditor | 30/12/2024 |
 Krishna Ramarathinam...(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Usha Rajagopalan-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam Madipakkam A. Murali-Ghatam | Jaigopal Garodia hindu Vidyalaya Ma | 27/12/2024 |
 Dr. N. S. Lekshmy...(Vocal - Carnatic) Ananthapadmanabha S. P-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 20/12/2024 |
 Santhosh Subramanian...(Vocal - Carnatic) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam Adambakkam K. Shankar-Ghatam | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 13/02/2024 |
 Dr. Prema Rangarajan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Pakala Ramadas-Violin Nellai A. Balaji-Mridangam S. Venkataramanan -Kanjira | Sri Vedantha Desikar Devasthanam | 08/01/2024 |