Budaloor Krishnamurthy Shastri

Budaloor Krishnamurti Shastri (1894-1978) was an Indian gottuvadhyam player.

Shastri was born in Andanallur in South India, He first training in music came from his father Seturama Shastri. He continued his training under the musicians Konerirajapuram Vaidyanatha Iyer and Harikesanallur Muthaiah Bhagavatar.

Shastri's turning point for the Gottuvadhyam came from Gottuvadhyam Narayana Iyengar, a legendary Gottuvadhyam player of that time. After that, he studied under Narayana Iyengar.

Shastri contributed to the popularity of his instrument and is considered an inspiration for Chitravina Narasimhan, Gayatri assabaum and N. Ravikiran.

Shastri died in 1978 at the age of 84.