Soolamangalam Sisters

Soolamangalam Jayalakshmi
Birth nameJayalakshmi
Born(1937-04-24)24 April 1937
OriginSoolamangalam, Thanjavur district, Madras presidency, British India
Died29 June 2017(2017-06-29) (aged 80)[1]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
GenresTamil devotional, tamil patriotic, film music
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician
Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi
Birth nameRajalakshmi
Born(1940-11-06)6 November 1940
OriginSoolamangalam, Thanjavur district, Madras presidency, British India
Died1 March 1992(1992-03-01) (aged 51)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
GenresTamil devotional, tamil patriotic, film music
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician

Soolamangalam Jayalakshmi and Soolamangalam Rajalakshmi, popularly known as Soolamangalam Sisters were Carnatic music sister-pair vocalists and musicians known for their devotional songs in Tamil. They were early singers in the trend of duo singing in Carnatic music, which started in the 1950s, with performers like Radha Jayalakshmi, and later continued by Bombay Sisters, Ranjani-Gayatri, Mambalam Sisters, Bangalore Sisters and Priya Sisters. The Soolamangalam Sisters are best known for singing the Kanda Shasti Kavasam, a hymn on the Hindu god Muruga.

  1. ^ "IndiaGlitz - Kandha Sashti kavacham singer Jayalakshmi of Soolamanagalam Sisters passed away". IndiaGlitz. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.