GALLERY

FELICITATIONS

Music Symposium, March 2000, at Shanmukhananda Auditorium.
Sri Mahadevan, a senior musicologist, felicitates Guru Rajee. She presented a paper on'Bharati Triumvirates'

Hema Malinihonours Guru Rajee at the Nrityodaya Jubilee function, 2001.Padma Subramaniam looks on.

Rasika Ranjani Sabha , Chennai felicitates Guru Rajee in November, 1983, for her meritorious service to the Fine Arts, for over 3 decades. Eminent novelist, Smt. Kamala Sadagopan presents a shawl.

Abhinaya Institute, Mumbai felicitates Guru Rajee at the Arangetram of their student, Meghana Varadan, 24th June, 2001.



MUSIC CONCERTS

Guru Rajee gives a music concert at Tirunelveli for the Tirukurangudi Ladies Club Anniversary - 1956.

Guru Rajee sings Hindi bhajans and light music for Bovi Association, Mumbai, in 1968. The concert was held at King George School Hall.

Light music programme by Guru Rajee with her brother, Sri N. Gopal, at a Rotary function in Chembur, Mumbai, 1969.

Rajee Narayan's Carnatic music concert at the Bhulabhai Memorial Institute.



WITH CONTEMPORARIES

Guru Rajee with M.S. Subbalakshmi ... at an Arangetram.

With Guru Mahalingam Pillai, Sri Rajarajeshwari Bharata Natya Kala Manram

Lec-Dem in New Delhi, with Smt. Saroja Vaidyanathan. Guru Rajee spoke on Varnams - 1992.

Guru Rajee with Smt. Alamelu Mani, well-known music guru of Mumbai at Rama Krishna Ratnanjali - an evening of classical Carnatic music, presented by Nehru Centre in collaboration with Nritya Geethanjali, 18th February, 1998 at Nehru Centre Auditorium, Mumbai.

Guru Kalyanasundaram with Guru Rajee.... at the book release function of Nritya Geeta Mala - Vol 2.



WITH STUDENTS

Nritya Geethanjali Silver Jubilee Function, 1990. Guru Rajee with Meenakshi Seshadri and her mother, Sundari Seshadri.

Guru Rajee is presented with a shawl by Anita Ratnam, during the performance of Nritya Geethanjali students, at the Salangai Oli Festival, Chennai, Dec-Jan, 1999-2000.

At the release funtion of her book Nritya Geeta Mala - Vol 2, Guru Rajee poses with her students and the accompanying artistes. Standing Left to Right are Shri. Chandran, Jatinder, Smt. Jaya, Guru Rajee, Jaishree, Prabha and Shri Shyam Sunder. Seated Left to Right are Ragini, Nisha, Sukanya, Mrudula and Lavanya.

Guru Rajee with her students... from the tiny tots to the seniors.... during Vijaya Dashami.



HER PERFORMING YEARS

Guru Rajee performing a folk dance... and in Siva costume, 11th Dec. 1952, Madurai.

Guru Rajee performing a folk dance.... and in a traditional Bharatanatyam costume.



AS A CHILD STAR

A young Guru Rajee acts in the movie 'Bala Bhaktan' - 1938.

Baby Rajee, when she cut her first HMV disc at the age of four and a half. She sang 2 Carnatic classical songs, in Telugu.

'The Child Devotee' ....... Guru Rajee in Bala Bhaktan - 1938.

Baby Rajee in the Tamil film, 'Sakti Maya' - 1938.