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By age ten she recorded her first piece, and at eleven gave her first public concert in Tiruchirappalli. Her debut at the prestigious Madras Music Academy in her teens earned her widespread acclaim. She later trained under masters in both Carnatic and Hindustani traditions, forging a style marked by technical brilliance and devotional warmth.\n\nHer voice journeyed beyond the concert hall: she acted in socially conscious Tamil films like Sevasadanam (1938) and won national fame portraying the saint‑poet Meera in the musical Meera (1945\u002F1947)—a performance that prompted the title “Nightingale of India” from social reformers of the time. 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