Smt. T.Balasaraswathi, Kalanidhi Narayana and Rukmini Arundale were her most outstanding pupils..
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During the period Guru Ramaih Pillai was teaching me, my parents wanted me to also learn
from Mylapore Gowri Ammal . This was before I learnt padams from Bala. I had the
opportunity of meeting Gowri.Ammal through my first Guru, Kanappa Pillai who
introduced Kalanidhi and her parents to us. Its through her parents that I came to learn
from her. She used to come to our house to teach me. .I had the privilege of learning some
padams from her. She could hardly see, in those days as she had cataract in her eyes. She
would sing and do the padams and I would watch her. (Balasaraswathi style was very
much like hers.). Because of her vision she presumed I had understood the padams ,
and when I nodded she would go to the next. She taught me 5 -6 padams - Kuzhalosshai,
Naetrandhi Naerathilae, Aduvum sholival aval, Vaelavarai ummai thaedi, etc. I cant
remember now why we discontinued - probably her eye sight or travel
inconveniences...." Smt. T.Balasaraswathi, Kalanidhi Narayana and Rukmini Arundale were her most outstanding pupils.. |
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