Legends of Carnatic Music Part - 1

Smt. M.S.Subbulakshmi (16-Sept-1916 - 11-Dec-2004)


She was born in a Devadasi family (traditional temple dancing & singing girls) in the temple town of Madurai on September 16th, 1916. Their tiny home was close to the Meenakshi temple. Her mother Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Ammal was a Veena player. Her lawyer-father Subramania Iyer lived a few streets away.

Her first guru Madurai Srinivasa Iyengar passed away rather too soon. But she kept practicing on her own