In the mid -1930s, a 10 -year -old and her elder sister attended a Summer Music School run by music expert and composer Professor Sambanthi. In Tirunelveli, the younger siblings, who were training in Karnataka music from Bhagwathar Setherma Sharma and Kodaganallur Subiah, were fascinated by Jaltrangam, where the sounds of music are made by affecting various sizes of water-filled ceramic-filled porcelain.

Sita expressed his desire to learn means from ambush Ramnyah Chettiar. He taught it only a few selected people, and as a test, asked them to replace the raga from Mayamalavagovala. Setha passed the test by adjusting the water level, changing Rishham and Divastha.

Talented children, Ilstras engineer Ganpati Iyer and daughter of Meenakshi, descended descendants of Sanskrit scholar Uppaya Dixit, went to become a leading female Jalthangam artist Seta Doriswami.

Impressed by his dedication, Samburthi gifted his porcelain cup to Seta. He also learned harmonium on his own, and had to undergo Veena training from Veena Suryanarayan Shastri. Meenakshi was a discipline, and Sita emphasized the practice before school. It laid a strong foundation, and Setha and her elder sister started participating in vocal concerts even when they were young.

Setha’s wedding at a very young age. Doriswami was from Iyer, and in an era when society banned women’s movements inside the house, he was run by his 14 -year -old wife at the Teacher College of Music by the Music Academy. She studied under the prestigious Mestro during the tenure of Valadi Krishna Iyer as Principal, and became the first female student to receive gold medal while graduating first in her course in 1941, and history in a college competition Made.

Setha managed 10 children and taught Veena, Vocal Music and Jalthangam at home for two decades. His music Odyssey’s turn came at the age of 41, when he earned a B-high grade from All India Radio in the early 1960s. His performance in Sarva Vadya Kacharis and Air Vrinda (Multi-Insstruntal Orchestra) earned his recognition in the Carnatic Music fraternity, which created more opportunities.

Setha has performed with famous musicians, with violin players Dwaram Mangathyaru, A. Kanyakumari, RK Sriramakumar, PP Ramakrishnan, Mridivist Thanjavur R Kumar, KV Prasad and Ghatam Karthik are included. His extraordinary performance and pleasant performance earned their standing ovates at many places.

He was awarded the Kalmamani Award, TTK Memorial Award from Sangeet Academy, Veena from Kanchi Mat to Veena, Jalthangam and Hermonium for his efficiency, and was honored in Cleveland Thyagaraja Mahotsav and Jalatranga Shri. Mission to keep the instrument alive.

It is called Sithma, the musician enjoyed creative music explores. Encouraged by her sister Meenakshi Shankar’s concept of ‘Kitchen Orchestra’, she and other women of the family popularized using kitchen utensils to present popular songs, and were broadcast on national TV channels.

Sithma has passed through her water -based expertise from the next generations – daughters Kala Srinivasan and Mala Raja, Son Krishnamurthy, and grandchildren Karthik Ganesh and R. Rajagopalan, who received a scholarship from the Center for cultural resources and training.

As a tribute to her mother, Sita’s eldest daughter Vislakshi Narayanaswamy, an air-graded Carnatic singer, brought a book on Tamil translations. Silent Panchashati The slocus in Sanskrit, which was chanting regularly by his mother.

Centenary celebrations

A centenary celebrations called ‘Sithmma Mayamma’, who performed by her entire family, will be held at Rasika Ranjani Sabha at 4.30 pm on 1 February, which is open to all, including the release of the book of Visalakshi.