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Rajam Pushpavanam (1918–1991), was the daughter of the famous music vidwan Madurai Pushpavanam Iyer, who had made his mark as a great carnatic musician. Rajam, a cousin of music maestro Madurai Mani Iyer, was a great singer in her own right. ==Early life== Born in 1918 to Madurai Pushpavanam Iyer and Sundarathammal, she lost her father when she was about two or three years old. Raised by her mother and grandparents she took to music with a natural flair and became famous soon. She recorded an LP, in 1930, with Columbia Records, when she was just 12 years old.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Winding back to the yore )〕 Katcheris followed in succession and she was a much sought after musician, from the late 1920s till the early 1940s. She constructed a bungalow in the heart of Mylapore, after buying the land for Rs 4550, a princely sum in 1939 and registering it in her mother’s name. She was 21 years old then. She was probably the earliest among the women Carnatic vocalists who saw great success. She wore the best of silk, gold and diamond studded jewelry and owned among other things, a fleet of cars. She had a driver license in 1940 and was the first among woman carnatic musicians to drive on her own. And it was also said there were only 4 women who drove cars, in Madras, those days. She had another first – she was the first woman music 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=They set the trend... )〕 director of the south. In 1937, she composed music for a film. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rajam Pushpavanam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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