Video clip of the foundation stone laying ceremony at The Music Academy Madras, 1955

Nādabhṛṅga shares a rare video clip from an old news reel of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru laying the Foundation Stone for The Music Academy Madras on the 5th of October, 1955. On this occasion Smt. M S Subbulakshmi performed at the vast pandal erected at The Music Academy venue. One can see a glimpse of the various great Vidwans of the time including Sri Mudikondan Venkatarama Iyer, Sri Kumbakonam Rajamanickam Pillai, Sri Chittoor Subramania Pillai, Sri Palani Subramania Pillai, Sri Flute Sanjeevi Rao and others. We are extremely thankful to Sri Lalitharam Ramachandran for bringing this clip to our notice.

The audio recording of this concert is available here: https://youtu.be/foThkDpCKpE

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