Meesai Murugesan，Dr I.S. Murugesh popularly known as Meesai Murugesh is the son of a great 'thavil' vidhwan (an expert percussionist) Subramaniam Mudaliar. Young Murugesan started playing the 'Kottankuchi' (coconut shell), alongside great musicians like K.P. Sundarambal, M.K.T. Bhagavathar, T.M.