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Srirangam Gopalaratnam

Receiving the “Karnataka Kala Tilaka” award for his contribution to Music criticism

M.Balamuralikrishna. TBN was a great admirer of his innovations.

Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer from his autographs collection

Madurai N. Krishnan, Ariyakkudi’s disciple

Youth festival at the Sabha

Above: TBN’s residence at Third Cross, Malleswaram, Bangalore where he lived for most of his adult life. Through the late 1950s till the 70s, many legendary out-of-town musicians would stay briefly with TBN and his family here: Ariyakkudi Ramanuja Iyengar, Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer, M.S.Gopalakrishnan among others. Some evenings, there would be informal chamber concerts in the living room, for a privileged audience of neighbours, friends and walk-in strangers!

Sangeeta Nrityotsava

T. Rukmini sings at Inauguration of Silver Jubilee in 1973

MLV – for Silver Jubilee celebrations

Seetalakshmi Venkatesan 1965

Alathur Srinivasa Iyer with Lalgudi Jayaraman and Palghat Mani Iyer

N.C.Soundaravalli

Inauguration of Sangeeta Sammelan 1983

Malleswaram Sabha Office bearers with the legendary Semmangudi

D.K.Pattammal, D.K.Jayaraman with Palghat Mani Iyer (who had never played mridanga for women artistes prior to accompanying DKP)

St Johns Ambulance First Aid training. Seated Left most TBN

M.D.Ramanathan

T.M.Tyagarajan

M.S.Subbulakshmi – Silver Jubilee celebrations 1973

Tyagaraja Gana Sabha, Rajaji nagar

T.B.Rangachar, TBN’s cousin

Voleti Venkateswarulu

A.G’s office

T.B.Narasimhachar in a rare formal Western attire.

Silver jubilee 73 -MS Returns

Movie star – from his autographs collection

An interesting pic captured by TBN

Manakkal Rangarajan-MSG-Madras Kannan

M.L.V, from his autographs album

Nookula.Ch.Satyanarayana , C. S. Krishna Iyer

Portrait captured by TBN with his camera – The English professor at Maharaja’s college, who inspired him to delve into English literature

Namma Sangita Kalavidaru by TBN, for Karnataka Nritya Academy

Late 50’s. Sabha members with the first ever Ms.India and dancer Indrani Rahman. TBN Seated second from left

Tanjore S.Kalyanaraman was a star in his own right and had a great fan following.

Autograph- Ruby Myers aka Sulochana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Myers

M.S.Subbulakshmi – from his autographs album

Receiving silver jubilee memento from T.S.Rajam, a patron of Mvm Sangeeta Sabha

R. Vedavalli. She started her performing career at the encouragement of TBN

T.R.Mahalingam. T. Rukmini on the violin