Saami Ninne - D K Pattammal

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Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal, is the member of what is known as 'Female Trinity of Carnatic Music', with M S Subbalakshmi and M L Vasanthakumari as the other members.

Pattammal was born on March 2, 1919 to Damal Krishnaswamy Dikshitar and Rajamal, in the temple town of Kancheepuram, in southern India. The young 'Patta' was considered a uniquely gifted child and from the very beginning had a great ear for music .

She firstly received tuition from a Telugu vadhyar who volunteered to give her music lessons. Later on Sri Ambi Dikshitar, a scion of the Muthuswamy Dikshitar family, to gave her instructions. She approached Papanasam Sivan for learning his compositions.

When she was 14, she gave her first public performance at the Mahila Samaj in Egmore and won acclaim.

Pattammal is known for her adherence to the classic traditions and chastity of expression. However, not only did Pattammal manage to shed the binding coils of orthodoxy in taking to concert music,she dared to venture into a musical area as pallavi singing, hitherto considered a male preserve and came to be known as "Pallavi Pattammal."

Music for Pattammal meant a laya vidya and she has been an outstanding exponent of strict adherence to the pitch and unerring observance of rhythm with voice culture and clarity of expression.

She is Known for not sacrificing her virtuosity and chastity of expression, at the altar of popularity.

She is one of those who popularised Tamil compositions, those of Sivan and Subramania Bharatiyar. Similarly her name has become almost synonymous with Dikshitar kritis. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.