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Maharajapuram Ramachandran is the son of illustrous carnatic vocalist Maharajapuram Santhanam and grandson of carnatic musical wizard Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer. He comes 7th in the direct sishya parampara of Saint Thyagaraja. Thus, he was born on January 9th,1950, into a musical family.

Ramachandran had his training naturally from his father. Maharajapuram Ramachandran has inherited the captivating way of presenting a concert from his father Maharajapuram Santhanam.

With such a strong foundation, it is not difficult for Ramachandran to earn a name for himself and he has established himself as the authentic heir of the Santhanam style.

Ramachandran is grade A artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan and he is a member of the faculty of Fine Arts, Annamalai University.