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{{Short description|Indian female singer (1872-1917)}}

'''Coimbatore Thayi''' (1872-1917) was an Indian musician.

== Early Life ==
Coimbatore Thayi was born in 1872 into a family of [[Devadasi|devadasis]] in [[Coimbatore]]. Thayi was the daughter of celebrated singer Vengamaal. She was named Palanikunjaram.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakraborty |first=Dr Kahmira |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=anA5EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Coimbatore+Thayi%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA168 |title=The Maestros |date=2021-07-21 |publisher=Dr. Kashmira Chakraborty |language=en}}</ref> Affectionately referred to as "Thayi," she was introduced to sadir, which is now known as [[Bharatanatyam]], and music at a young age.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Soneji |first=Davesh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo81ouc5OgQC&q=Coimbatore+Thayi |title=Unfinished Gestures: Devadasis, Memory, and Modernity in South India |date=2012-01-15 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-76809-0 |language=en}}</ref> Thayi received rigorous training in music and dance, learning under various teachers and Kannada singer Mysore Kempe Gowda. Thayi's family moved to [[George Town, Chennai|Georgetown, Madras]] in the 1890s, where Thayi gave up dancing and focused solely on music.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2013-03-04 |title=Coimbatore's nightingale |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/coimbatores-nightingale/article4475001.ece |access-date=2023-02-07 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Recording success and popularity ==

In 1910, Thayi was approached by [[Gramophone Company|The Gramophone Company]] to record songs, and she was one of their most popular artists,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hughes |first=Stephen P. |date=2002-10-01 |title=The 'Music Boom' in Tamil South India: Gramophone, radio and the making of mass culture |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/0143968022000012129 |journal=Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=445–473 |doi=10.1080/0143968022000012129 |s2cid=191466174 |issn=0143-9685}}</ref> with a color-coded record of violet. Over the course of several recording sessions, Thayi produced nearly 60 recordings. She was honored in 1914 with a golden bracelet encrusted with diamonds and emeralds by the people of her hometown, Coimbatore, in recognition of her musical success.<ref name=":2" />

Thayi was a prolific recording artist, producing nearly 300 records in her lifetime.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Utz |first=Christian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXEjEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Coimbatore+Thayi%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA88 |title=Musical Composition in the Context of Globalization: New Perspectives on Music History in the 20th and 21st Century |date=2021-03-31 |publisher=transcript Verlag |isbn=978-3-8394-5095-6 |language=en}}</ref> Her recorded repertoire includes the compositions of the Trinity of Carnatic music, as well as sensuous padams and javalis, and Tamil devotionals.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Sampath |first=Vikram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMpxEAAAQBAJ&q=Coimbatore+Thayi |title=Indian Classical Music and the Gramophone, 1900–1930 |date=2022-06-30 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-59074-6 |language=en}}</ref> She played a key role in popularizing the devotional compositions of [[Ramalinga Swamigal]] Arulpa<ref name=":2" />

Thayi died in 1917 at the age of 44.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/coimbatore-thayi-archive-of-indian-music/GAFd3C36vdV_pA?hl=en Official Profile]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/8159616-Coimbatore-Thayi Discogs Profile]

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[[Category:Indian women musicians]]
[[Category:1872 births]]

[[Category:1917 deaths]]

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