Smt M S Subbulakshmi

First Musician to Receive Padma Bhushan

Smt M S Subbulakshmi

Smt M S Subbulakshmi was the first musician to get Padma Bhushan (1954) and Padma Vibhushan (1975). She was also the first musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1974. 

MS Subbulakshmi was a legendary Carnatic musician. She was popularly known as Nightingale of India and was famous for rendering of Bhajans. MS Subbulakshmi was born in the temple city of Madurai on September 16, 1916.

She began her Carnatic classical music training under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and then Hindustani classical training under Pandit Narayan Rao Vyas. She also acted in a few Tamil films in her youth. MS Subbulakshmi was conferred with Bharat Ratna in 1998.

A Mahalingam, Sankara Nethralaya  and team is with MS Subbulakshmi Amma and his husband Kalki" Thiagaraja Sadasivam mama