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Bangalore Nagarathnamma
Bangalore Nagarathnamma | |
|---|---|
 Nagarathnamma with her pet dog c. 1929 | |
| Born | 3 November 1878 Nanjangud, Kingdom of Mysore, British India |
| Died | 19 May 1952 (aged 73) Thiruvaiyaru, Madras State, India |
| Occupation | Carnatic singer |
Bangalore Nagarathnamma (3 November 1878 – 19 May 1952)[1] was an Indian Carnatic singer, cultural activist, scholar, and devadasi.[2] A descendant of devadasis, she was also a patron of the arts and a historian.[3] Nagarathnamma built a temple over the samadhi of the Carnatic singer Tyagaraja at Thiruvaiyaru and helped establish the Tyagaraja Aradhana festival in his memory.[4] Within a male-dominated festival, she was the feminist strong enough to ensure that women artists were given equality to participate in it.[5] She "was among the last practitioners of the devadasi tradition in India,"[6] and the first president of the Association of the Devadasis of Madras Presidency. She also edited and published books on poetry and anthologies.
- ^ "విద్యాసుందరి – ఈమాట". November 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Ramamirthammal, Kannabiran & Kannabiran 2003, p. 34.
- ^ Chandra 2014, p. 165.
- ^ C. P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation 1980, p. 1.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Venkataramanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ McGonigal 2010, p. 76.
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