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Memorabilia: Tamburas used by Carnatic vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi | Photo Credit: Bhagya Prakash K

Ranjani GovindBENGALURU 22 JANUARY 2018 00:22 ISTUPDATED: 22 JANUARY 2018 08:30 IST

Grandson to also donate letter she got from Gandhiji to Centre for Indian Music Experience

On the Republic Day, the Centre for Indian Music Experience (IME) will receive three new memorabilia that will resonate withmusic lovers and admirers of Carnatic singer M.S. Subbulakshmi. Her grandson V. Shrinivasan will be handing over a sari andtambura that belonged to Subbulakshmi, along with a special letter of appreciation she had received from Mahatma Gandhi in 1944,to IME on January 26. This will be followed by a Carnatic vocal concert by S. Aishwarya and S. Saundarya, great-granddaughters ofSubbulakshmi.

On the same day, the state-of-the-art 40,000-sq. ft museum — work on which is in the last leg — will throw open some of itsexhibits to the public.

“It is a beautiful moment for IME to receive these from the MS family as she is the only Carnatic musician who is a Bharat Ratnawinner, and this museum is all about feeling good when you experience music,” said Suma Sudhindra, director, Outreach, IME.

IME requested for a tambura of Subbulakshmi as she was known for her pitch-perfect rendition. “Her voice merged seamlessly withthe tambura and there is no better object to represent her life than this,” said Manasi Prasad, project director, IME. “And MS wasalso quite a fashion icon in her days and was known for her beautiful silk saris; so we are excited to display something worn by her,”she added.

Her saris were woven by weaver Kancheepuram Muthu Chettiar, who was also a great patron of music. He created for her thelegendary blue colour, which came to be known as ‘MS Blue’, and also designed the rudraksha rettai peth (his signature double-linerudraksha border) for the saris.

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“We will part with MS amma’s maroon sari with yellow border with a criss-cross of traditional zari weaved by Chettair in the1950s,” said Mr. Shrinivasan.

Mahatma Gandhi’s letter to Subbulakshmi is a special memento as it bears his signature in Tamil. In the letter, the Mahatma hasthanked her for her contribution towards the Kasturba Memorial Fund.

One of the galleries in the museum is the ‘Hall of Fame’ where photographs of 100 legends of Indian music are displayed along withtheir recordings.

“Special cases have been created to house the artefacts of five legendary Bharat Ratna musicians of our country. We have so farreceived memorabilia from the families of Bismillah Khan (a shehnai and a white cap) and Bhimsen Joshi (a silver paan box and ashawl). Soon, we will receive artefacts from the families of Lata Mangeshkar and Ravi Shankar,” said Ms. Prasad.

In two months

All the installations at the galleries of IME are expected to be ready in two months. “We have got hold of a rare wax cylinderphonograph, and some wonderful 100-year-old recordings from the British Library in the U.K., too, as part of our collection,” saidMs. Prasad.

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