sentences:  Ilaiyaraaja was born as Gnanathesikan in 1943 in Pannaipuram, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India.When he joined school his father changed his name to "Rajaiya", but his village people used to call him "Raasayya".Ilaiyaraaja joined Dhanraj Master as a student to learn musical instruments and the master renamed and called him just "Raaja".