M.S. Subbulakshmi Statue Unveiled at the Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai Saturday Sep 21,2013

West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan also unveiled an 8-foot high ebonite statue of the singer holding a Tanpura which is placed at the entrance of the Shanmukhananda Hall in Mumbai on Saturday Sep 21,2013

“Dear Subbulakshmi, Rajaji has told me everything about your good work in connection with Kasturba Memorial Fund by using your musical gifts. May God Bless You.”

This letter addressed to legendary singer M.S. Subbulakshmi and signed by Mahatma Gandhi now adorns the Portrait Gallery named after her

The ‘Queen of Music’ as she was called by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, M.S Subbulakshmi, or MS as she was fondly called, was the -

• first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna
• first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award

MS famous renditions of bhajans include -

• chanting of “Bhaja Govindam,”
•  “Vishnusahasranamam” (1000 names of Vishnu)
• “Hari Tuma Haro” and 
• “Venkateswara Suprabhatam” (musical hymns to awaken Lord Balaji early in the morning)

MS also rendered Gandhiji’s favourite bhajan, the immemorial “Vaishnava Jana To.”