Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi was one of the greatest icons of the 20th century. For the uninitiated, she’s the first woman to receive the coveted Sangita Kalanidhi from the Music Academy in Madras ...

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, singer and actress: born Madurai, India 16 September 1916; married 1940 Thiyagaraja Sadasivam (died 1997); died Madras 11 December 2004. Asked to sing at prayer ...

M S Subbulakshmi, the ‘Nightingale of India’ was born on September 16, 1916 in Madurai in Tamil Nadu. Her father Subramania Iyar was a practicing advocate and her mother Shanmuga Vadivu, a Veena ...

It is 50 years since Carnatic music legend M.S. Subbulakshmi and her daughter, Radha Vishwanathan, graced the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations. This significant moment, when M.S. played a ...

As a child, ‘Kunjamma’, as M S Subbulakshmi was fondly called, learnt to play veena from her mother and sang in the temples of Madurai but little did she know that one day she would be known as ‘the ...

In 1951, MS Subbulakshmi made her way to Nalli Silks with a blue thread in hand, hoping to have a sari made of the same colour. The colour of the sari then specially woven for her, was so unique that ...

To honor the legacy of India’s carnatic music legend M S Subbulakshmi, the UN will issue a stamp to mark her birth centenary next week, coinciding with the celebrations of India’s 70th Independence ...

MS Subbulakshmi was one of the legendary singers that India is proud of. Known for her remarkable contribution in the field of Carnatic Music. On her 108th birth anniversary, the talented bollywood ...

People change careers. Sometimes, midway through being enviably successful at one. That doesn’t reduce their contribution to what they leave behind. Though they are rarely remembered, it doesn’t ...

CHENNAI: Renowned carnatic singer M S Subbulakshmi "is very criticially ill," according to hospital sources. CHENNAI: Renowned carnatic singer M S Subbulakshmi "is very criticially ill," according to ...

Chennai: V Shrinivasan, grandson of Carnatic music legend M S Subbulakshmi, has told Madras high court that his suit to restrain the Music Academy from conferring the Sangita Kalanidhi M S ...