more-in‘Soolamangalam’ Jayalakshmi, the elder of the Soolamangalam sisters, who was well known in the carnatic, devotional and film music circles, died here on Thursday. Unlike her younger sister Rajalakshmi, who had a good career in the film world and died in 1992, Jayalakshmi confined herself to devotional songs and carnatic concerts. Born in Soolamangalam, Jayalakshmi and Rajalakshmi moved to Chennai in the late 1940s after the demise of their father Karnam Ramsamy Iyer. “By that time, they had been adequately trained in carnatic music by Soolamangalam K.G. “In Chennai, they honed their skills by learning from Pathamadai Krishnan,” writes historian of Tamil film music Vamanan in his book Thirai Isai Alaigal.

Source: The Hindu June 29, 2017 19:41 UTC