DEDICATION
My Father and Mother
Dedicated to my father Sri R. Narayanan and
mother Smt. Dr. N. Shantha Devi for their love,
affection and encouragement in my music journey.
My Guru - Dr. R. S. Jayalakshmi
Dr. Mrs. R.S. Jayalakshmi is a Veena artist and had her training under
Veena Vidvans Late Sri V.Raghavan and R.Pichumani Iyer. She also
learnt some special compositions like Padam and Javali from Smt. T.
Muktha. She has been performing Veena concerts in All India Radio
and
the Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, from 1977 to
2004. Her M.Phil. Dissertation entitled "Raga lakshanatthil Aarohanam
- Avarohanam" (Tamizh) (Aarohanam-Avarohanam as the
characteristic
of a Râga) has been published as a book in December 1999. The
subject of her Ph.D. Thesis was "Subbarama Dikshitarin Sangita-
sampradaya-pradasini-yil Vilakkappattulla Gamakangal" (Tamizh)
(Gamakas explained in Sangita-sampradaya-pradarsini of Subbarama
Diksitar’). She has also presented Research Papers and Lecture-
Demonstrations at various conferences.
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