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	'''Seetha Doraiswamy''' ({{Indic\|lang=ta\|indic=சீதா துரைசாமி \|trans=sītā turAisvāMī}} 27 January 1926 – 14 March 2013)~~, commonly known as '''Madisaar Maami'''~~, was a renowned [[Carnatic music\|Carnatic]] multi-instrumentalist. She was the last recognised female exponent<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/IMC-presents-JALTARANG-Waves-of-Sound-012008-part1 \|title=IMC OnAir JALTARANG – Waves of Sound (2008, part 1/3):Internet Archive ~~\|publisher=Archive.org~~ \|date= \|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref> of a dying Indian instrument, the [[jal tarang]]. She was the first (and till date youngest) female musician ever to be awarded the Gold Medal of Honour from The Music Academy, the first Carnatic music Institute.<ref name="hindu2005">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/12/16/stories/2005121603160300.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119085636/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/12/16/stories/2005121603160300.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=19 January 2008 \|title=Entertainment Chennai / Personality : Musical waves with water \|date=16 December 2005 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref> She is the only Jal Tarang exponent to have ever received the [[Kalaimamani]] award by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] in 2001 with the citation reading "(Seetha) has tirelessly worked to prevent the [[jal tarang\|jalatharangam]] from becoming extinct and is often recognized only for that; it is time to bring to notice the fact that she championed for the cause of equal female representation during a time where our cultural norms may have not~~. Additionally, her theoretical knowledge was the foundation for many of the modern concepts of Carnatic music as we know it today~~."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Puducherry&artid=243452&SectionID=157&MainSectionID=157&SEO=&Title=%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%20%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2;%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%20%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%20%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%20%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%20%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF \|title=மகிழ்ச்சிக்கு மட்டுமல்ல; மருந்தாகவும் பயன்படுகிறது இசைக் கருவி \| Pondicherry \|publisher=Dinamani \|date=17 May 2010 \|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref>		'''Seethamma Doraiswamy''' ("Seetha Amma Doraiswamy") or '''Seetha Doraiswamy''' ({{Indic\|lang=ta\|indic=சீதா துரைசாமி \|trans=sītā turAisvāMī}} 27 January 1926 – 14 March 2013), was a renowned [[Carnatic music\|Carnatic]] multi-instrumentalist. She was the last recognised female exponent<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://archive.org/details/IMC-presents-JALTARANG-Waves-of-Sound-012008-part1 \|title=IMC OnAir JALTARANG – Waves of Sound (2008, part 1/3):Internet Archive \|date= January 2008\|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref> of a dying Indian instrument, the [[jal tarang]]. She was the first (and till date youngest) female musician ever to be awarded the Gold Medal of Honour from The Music Academy, the first Carnatic music Institute.<ref name="hindu2005">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/12/16/stories/2005121603160300.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119085636/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/12/16/stories/2005121603160300.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=19 January 2008 \|title=Entertainment Chennai / Personality : Musical waves with water \|date=16 December 2005 \|work=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref> She is the only Jal Tarang exponent to have ever received the [[Kalaimamani]] award by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]], in 2001, with the citation reading "(Seetha) has tirelessly worked to prevent the [[jal tarang\|jalatharangam]] from becoming extinct and is often recognized only for that; it is time to bring to notice the fact that she championed for the cause of equal female representation during a time where our cultural norms may have not."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Puducherry&artid=243452&SectionID=157&MainSectionID=157&SEO=&Title=%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%20%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2;%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%20%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%20%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%20%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%20%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF \|title=மகிழ்ச்சிக்கு மட்டுமல்ல; மருந்தாகவும் பயன்படுகிறது இசைக் கருவி \| Pondicherry \|publisher=Dinamani \|date=17 May 2010 \|accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==

	===Early years===		===Early years===
	Seetha (~~Seethamma to her family~~) was born in Adachani, a village in ~~the district of~~ [[Tirunelveli\|Tirunelveli District]] (~~demarcated at that time as~~ [[Madras Presidency]], [[~~British India~~]]~~) to~~ [[Pumpu Ganapathy]] Iyer and Meenakshi ~~Iyer~~.		Seetha or Seethamma ("Amma" being a respectful suffix used for south Indian ladies) was born in Adachani, a village in [[Tirunelveli\|Tirunelveli District]] of present-day [[Tamil Nadu]] (then the [[Madras Presidency]]) into a [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-speaking [[Tamil Brahmin\|Brahmin]] family, the daughter of Pumpu Ganapathy Iyer and his wife Meenakshi Amma.

	Under encouragement of her parents, ~~she~~ started learning [[Carnatic music]] at an early age locally from Kodaganallur Subbiah Bhagavatar and later under [[Gottuvadhyam]] vidhwan Seetharama Bhagavatar. After receiving an acceptance letter despite being 10 years old to become a member of the first Music Department established in [[Tamil Nadu]] by Prof. [[P. Sambamoorthy]], Seetha moved to Chennai in 1937 and trained alongside [[D. K. Pattammal]] where she became the first female recipient of the Gold Medal of Honour. She still holds the record of being the youngest recipient of the award.		Under encouragement of her parents, the young Seetha started learning [[Carnatic music]] at an early age locally from Kodaganallur Subbiah Bhagavatar and later under [[Gottuvadhyam]] vidhwan Seetharama Bhagavatar. After receiving an acceptance letter despite being 10 years old to become a member of the first Music Department established in [[Tamil Nadu]] by Prof. [[P. Sambamoorthy]], Seetha moved to Chennai in 1937 and trained alongside [[D. K. Pattammal]] where she became the first female recipient of the Gold Medal of Honour. She still holds the record of being the youngest recipient of the award.

	She was married at the age of 14. Her husband, who understood her yearning to continue with her music lessons, encouraged her to enrol for a course conducted by the Music Academy. She completed the course under [[Valadi Krishnaiyer]] who played a pivotal role in her music development. She was top of the class in her batch and she won a Gold Medal.		She was married at the age of 14. Her husband, who understood her yearning to continue with her music lessons, encouraged her to enrol for a course conducted by the Music Academy. She completed the course under [[Valadi Krishnaiyer]] who played a pivotal role in her music development. She was top of the class in her batch and she won a Gold Medal.

	She is the grandmother of ~~Author~~ [[Jaya Madhavan]].		She is the grandmother of author [[Jaya Madhavan]], musician [[Bindhumalini]] Narayanswamy, and musician [[Ganavya]] Doraiswamy.

	===Jal Tarang Training===		===Jal Tarang Training===
	Students who excelled in the theoretical aspect of Carnatic music were given the choice to learn either the [[gottuvadhyam]] or the [[jal tarang]] at the Academy. When asked why she inclined towards the jal tarang, Seetha answered that she "was only ten then, and the dishes used by jalatarangam artistes reminded me of the miniature vessels children use when they play 'house.' Striking dishes containing water seemed a lot of fun".<ref name="hindu2005"/>		Students who excelled in the theoretical aspect of Carnatic music were given the choice to learn either the [[gottuvadhyam]] or the [[jal tarang]] at the Academy. When asked why she inclined towards the jal tarang, Seetha answered that she "was only ten then, and the dishes used by jalatarangam artistes reminded me of the miniature vessels children use when they play 'house.' Striking dishes containing water seemed a lot of fun".<ref name="hindu2005"/>
	The teacher charged with the task of teaching the jal tarang, Ramaniah Chettiar, was not convinced that any of the students at the Academy were intelligent enough to pick up the instrument.		The teacher charged with the task of teaching the jal tarang, Ramaniah Chettiar, was not convinced that any of the students at the Academy were intelligent enough to pick up the instrument.
	Under the urging of Prof. Sambamoorthy, he entertained Seetha's request and put her to a test by tuning the instrument to [[~~Dheerasankarabharanam~~]] and asked her to set it to [[Mayamalavagowla]]. After successfully tuning it, Seetha was given the opportunity to begin training. She learnt under the tutelage of Prof. Sambamoorthy and Ramaniah Chettiar for one and half months, and was told that her knowledge of theory would suffice in complementing her training for the rest of her career.		Under the urging of Prof. Sambamoorthy, he entertained Seetha's request and put her to a test by tuning the instrument to [[Sankarabharanam (raga)\|Sankarabharanam]] and asked her to set it to [[Mayamalavagowla]]. After successfully tuning it, Seetha was given the opportunity to begin training. She learnt under the tutelage of Prof. Sambamoorthy and Ramaniah Chettiar for one and half months, and was told that her knowledge of theory would suffice in complementing her training for the rest of her career.
	Recognizing her financial position, Prof. P. Sambamoorthy bought Seetha her first set of jal tarang cups.		Recognizing her financial position, Prof. P. Sambamoorthy bought Seetha her first set of jal tarang cups.

	==Career ==		==Career ==
	Although her training began at a young age, familial obligations prevented her from performing. Seetha was married at age 14 to N. Doraiswamy and gave birth to 10 children. The death of a prodigious son left her shattered, and it was under the encouragement of her family that she began to perform again at the age of 41. Citing this particular circumstance, she is often referred to and has received awards as a pioneer female Indian musician for having been one of the few who performed despite the social connotations that prevented her colleagues from doing so.		She tirelessly worked to prevent the Jal Tarang from being extinct and is often recognized for that. Although her training began at a young age, familial obligations prevented her from performing. Seetha was married at age 14 to N. Doraiswamy and gave birth to 10 children. The death of a prodigious son left her shattered, and it was under the encouragement of her family that she began to perform again at the age of 41. Citing this particular circumstance, she is often referred to and has received awards as a pioneer female Indian musician for having been one of the few who performed despite the social connotations that prevented her colleagues from doing so.
	[[Image:SeethaDoraiswamy2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright\|Seetha Doraiswamy (left) with N. Doraiswamy c.a. 1938]]		[[Image:SeethaDoraiswamy2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|upright\|Seetha Doraiswamy (left) with N. Doraiswamy c.a. 1938]]

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	\| ''Jalatarangam ~~Vibushi~~''		\| ''Jalatarangam Vidushi''
	\| Awarded by [[Ramakrishna Mission]]		\| Awarded by [[Ramakrishna Mission]]
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	==See also==		==See also==
			{{Portal\|India\|Music}}

	==References==		==References==

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	~~{{Portal\|India\|Music}}~~

	==References==		==References==

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| death_date = 14 March 2013 (aged 87)
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| instrument = [[Jal tarang]]
| genre = [[Carnatic classical music|Indian classical music]]
| occupation = Classical instrumentalist
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'''Seetha Doraiswamy''' ({{Indic|lang=ta|indic=சீதா துரைசாமி |trans=sītā turAisvāMī}} 27 January 1926 – 14 March 2013), commonly known as '''Madisaar Maami''', was a renowned [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] multi-instrumentalist. She was the last recognised female exponent<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/IMC-presents-JALTARANG-Waves-of-Sound-012008-part1 |title=IMC OnAir JALTARANG – Waves of Sound (2008, part 1/3):Internet Archive |publisher=Archive.org |date= |accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref> of a dying Indian instrument, the [[jal tarang]]. She was the first (and till date youngest) female musician ever to be awarded the Gold Medal of Honour from The Music Academy, the first Carnatic music Institute.<ref name="hindu2005">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/12/16/stories/2005121603160300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119085636/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/12/16/stories/2005121603160300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 January 2008 |title=Entertainment Chennai / Personality : Musical waves with water |date=16 December 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref> She is the only Jal Tarang exponent to have ever received the [[Kalaimamani]] award by [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] in 2001 with the citation reading "(Seetha) has tirelessly worked to prevent the [[jal tarang|jalatharangam]] from becoming extinct and is often recognized only for that; it is time to bring to notice the fact that she championed for the cause of equal female representation during a time where our cultural norms may have not. Additionally, her theoretical knowledge was the foundation for many of the modern concepts of Carnatic music as we know it today."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dinamani.com/edition/story.aspx?SectionName=Puducherry&artid=243452&SectionID=157&MainSectionID=157&SEO=&Title=%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%20%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2;%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8B%20%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%20%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%20%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%20%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF |title=மகிழ்ச்சிக்கு மட்டுமல்ல; மருந்தாகவும் பயன்படுகிறது இசைக் கருவி | Pondicherry |publisher=Dinamani |date=17 May 2010 |accessdate=9 December 2011}}</ref>

==Biography==

===Early years===
Seetha (Seethamma to her family) was born in Adachani, a village in the district of [[Tirunelveli|Tirunelveli District]] (demarcated at that time as [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]) to [[Pumpu Ganapathy]] Iyer and Meenakshi Iyer.

Under encouragement of her parents, she started learning [[Carnatic music]] at an early age locally from Kodaganallur Subbiah Bhagavatar and later under [[Gottuvadhyam]] vidhwan Seetharama Bhagavatar. After receiving an acceptance letter despite being 10 years old to become a member of the first Music Department established in [[Tamil Nadu]] by Prof. [[P. Sambamoorthy]], Seetha moved to Chennai in 1937 and trained alongside [[D. K. Pattammal]] where she became the first female recipient of the Gold Medal of Honour. She still holds the record of being the youngest recipient of the award.

She was married at the age of 14. Her husband, who understood her yearning to continue with her music lessons, encouraged her to enrol for a course conducted by the Music Academy. She completed the course under [[Valadi Krishnaiyer]] who played a pivotal role in her music development. She was top of the class in her batch and she won a Gold Medal.

She is the grandmother of Author [[Jaya Madhavan]].

===Jal Tarang Training===
Students who excelled in the theoretical aspect of Carnatic music were given the choice to learn either the [[gottuvadhyam]] or the [[jal tarang]] at the Academy. When asked why she inclined towards the jal tarang, Seetha answered that she "was only ten then, and the dishes used by jalatarangam artistes reminded me of the miniature vessels children use when they play 'house.' Striking dishes containing water seemed a lot of fun".<ref name="hindu2005"/>
The teacher charged with the task of teaching the jal tarang, Ramaniah Chettiar, was not convinced that any of the students at the Academy were intelligent enough to pick up the instrument.
Under the urging of Prof. Sambamoorthy, he entertained Seetha's request and put her to a test by tuning the instrument to [[Dheerasankarabharanam]] and asked her to set it to [[Mayamalavagowla]]. After successfully tuning it, Seetha was given the opportunity to begin training. She learnt under the tutelage of Prof. Sambamoorthy and Ramaniah Chettiar for one and half months, and was told that her knowledge of theory would suffice in complementing her training for the rest of her career.
Recognizing her financial position, Prof. P. Sambamoorthy bought Seetha her first set of jal tarang cups.

==Career ==
Although her training began at a young age, familial obligations prevented her from performing. Seetha was married at age 14 to N. Doraiswamy and gave birth to 10 children. The death of a prodigious son left her shattered, and it was under the encouragement of her family that she began to perform again at the age of 41. Citing this particular circumstance, she is often referred to and has received awards as a pioneer female Indian musician for having been one of the few who performed despite the social connotations that prevented her colleagues from doing so.
[[Image:SeethaDoraiswamy2.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Seetha Doraiswamy (left) with N. Doraiswamy c.a. 1938]]

===Awards and honours===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Musician
|-
! Year
! Award
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Aasthaana Vidhwaan]]''
| Award from [[Kanchi matha]] as resident Musician
|-
| 1939
| ''Gold Medal''
| First female recipient of Award from [[Madras Music Academy]]
|-
| 2009
| ''TTK Award''
| [[Madras Music Academy|The Music Academy's]] Special TTK Award
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Kalaimamani]]''
| Fourth highest Government Civilian award in India
|-
| 1999
| ''Jalatarangam Vibushi''
| Awarded by [[Ramakrishna Mission]]
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|India|Music}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Seetha Doraiswamy}}

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[[Category:Carnatic instrumentalists]]
[[Category:Indian multi-instrumentalists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Kalaimamani Award]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian musicians]]
[[Category:Indian women classical musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women musicians]]
[[Category:Women musicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Musicians from Tamil Nadu]]