S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, great grand-daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi meets PM : September 19, 2017 : PMINDIA.

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*"S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, great grand-daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi meets PM" 

S Aishwarya and S Saundarya, great grand-daughters of Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi, today called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with their parents, V Shrinivasan and Geetha Shrinivasan.

Ms. Aishwarya and Ms. Saundarya briefly performed the "Maithreem Bhajatha." This is a benediction which was also rendered by M.S. Subbulakshmi herself in October 1966, at the United Nations.


 benediction was composed in Sanskrit by Acharya Shri Chandrasekharendra Saraswati of Kanchi.

It is an anthem for universal friendship and world peace, which was sung by M.S. Subbulakshmi, in most of her subsequent concerts, after the UN concert. It ends with the words “Srey o bhooyat sakala jananam” - Let grace and happiness abound for all mankind.




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1. S.Aishwarya & 2. S Saundarya ( Sisters )

1. Profile :

Birth name S.Aishwarya

Born 27 October 1995 (age 24)

Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

Genres Carnatic music,

Occupation(s) Carnatic Classical Vocalist

Years active 2007–present

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2. Introduction :

S.Aishwarya born on 27 October 1995 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu is an Indian singer of traditional Carnatic music. She is the great-granddaughter of M. S. Subbulakshmi. and the grand-daughter of Radha Viswanathan.

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3. Family & Gurus :

Aishwarya was born to Geetha Shrinivasan and V. Shrinivasan into the family of M.S. Subbulakshmi and Radha Viswanathan. She has a younger sister named S.Saundarya, who is also a musician herself and accompanies her in concerts and tours. Aishwarya was initiated into music at the young age of four by her great-grandmother M.S.Subbulakshmi and her grandmother Radha Viswanathan. She has also been training under Karnataka Kalashree Vidushi Jambu Kannan for the past 16 years. She also learns Hindustani vocal from Pandit Nagaraja Rao Havaldar and Sri Omkarnath Havaldar. Aishwarya is also a vainika and learnt the veena from Vidwan Sri. A. Shankararaman and presently under Smt. B. Nagalakshmi (Karaikudi Bani). Aishwarya also learns western classical and plays the piano. On February 4, 2018, S.Aishwarya married Dr. R.S. Muthukumaran.

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4.Awards and recognition :

Year Honour Honouring bestowed or presented by

2017 Yuva Kala Bharati Bharat Kalachar, Chennai

2017 SVN Rao Award for Youth Excellence Sri Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore

2017 Vocational Excellence Award Rotary Club , Chennai

2017 Young Woman Achiever Award AMN Global Group, Chennai

2016 Ambassador of Classical Arts Connecticut General Assembly , USA

2016 Best Young Carnatic Vocalist and Rising Star of Indian Classical Music AMN Global Group, Chennai

2016 Young Achiever Award A3 Foundation, Chandigarh

2016 M.S.Subbulakshmi Sangeetha Puraskar M.S.Subbulakshmi Foundation, Varkala, Kerala

2016 M.S.Subbulakshmi Centenary Award Trinity Fine Arts, Chennai

2016 Sangeetha Parampara Puraskar Kalalaya, San Jose

2016 Kaveri Kannada Award Kannada Koota, Washington DC

2015 Most Promising Artist of the Year – Dr.Chithra Narayanaswamy Award Brahma Gana Sabha

2015 T.K.Govinda Rao Award Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

2011 Madurai Mani Iyer Award Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

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5. Concerts :

Concert at the World Bank, Washington DC April 2018

Concert at the Indian Embassy, Washington DC

Concert at the Madras Music Academy on 16 September 2016 on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Subbulakshmi

Concert on the occasion of 75 Years of Kalki and 100th birthday of Subbulakshmi on 5 August 2016

Concert at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, on 26 March 2016 where Aishwarya and her sister S. Saundarya repeated the concert of their great-grandmother and grandmother 50 years previously at the United Nations, New York

Concert at Krishna Gana Sabha on September 16, 2013 where she was accompanied by the mridangam player T. K. Murthy[5]

Concert at the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence on the occasion of the release of the book MS & Radha - A saga of Steadfast Devotion in the presence of sitar player Ravi Shankar.

The End.

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