Editing M. S. Subbulakshmi (section)

== Biography ==

=== Early years ===
Subbulakshmi (Kunjamma to her family) was born on 16 September 1916 in [[Madurai]], [[Madras Presidency]], to [[veena]] player Shanmukavadiver Ammal and Subramania Iyer. Her grandmother Akkammal was a violinist.

She started learning [[Carnatic music]] at an early age and trained in Carnatic music under the tutelage of [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]] and subsequently in [[Hindustani music]] under [[Narayanrao Vyas|Pandit Narayanrao Vyas]].

Her mother, from the [[devadasi]] community, was a music exponent and a regular stage performer, and Subbulakshmi grew up in an environment very conducive to musical learning. Her musical interests were also shaped by regular interactions with [[Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer]], Mazhavarayanendal Subbarama Bhagavathar and [[Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar]].<ref name="Srivastava-Women role models">{{cite book |last=Srivastava |first=Gauri |title=Women role models: some eminent women of contemporary India |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=2006 |pages=55–57 |isbn=978-81-8069-336-6 |oclc=74991412}}</ref>

Subbulakshmi gave her first public performance, at the age of eleven, in the year 1927, in the 100-pillar hall inside the [[Thayumanaswami Temple, Rockfort|Rockfort Temple]], [[Tiruchirappalli]]; with Mysore Chowdiah on the violin and Dakshinamurthy Pillai on the [[mridangam]]. This was organised by the Tiruchirappalli-based [[Indian National Congress]] leader [[F. G. Natesa Iyer]].<ref name="autogenerated25">SRUTI magazine cover story on F.G.Natesa Iyer, page 25, issue number 330, March 2012</ref>

=== Move to Madras ===
In 1936 Subbulakshmi moved to [[Madras]] (now Chennai).<ref name="Hindu-Obit" /> She also made her film debut in ''[[Sevasadanam|Sevasadan]]'' in 1938.<ref name="NRCW bio">{{cite web |url=http://nrcw.nic.in/shared/sublinkimages/86.pdf |title=M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916–2004) |publisher=National Resource Center for Women, [[Government of India]] |access-date=19 October 2009}}</ref> Her debut to the world of cinema was again opposite [[F. G. Natesa Iyer]].