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**Ephedrine** · 01-24-2007, 03:23 PM

The Isai Vellalar community is small, fewer in numbers compared to Brahmanas, probably of Telugu origin. If the Marans/MK trace their lineage back a couple of hunded years, they might find they are not from the current geographical TN region. People may not know this, but M.S. Subbulakshmi was the daughter of Madurai Shanmugavadivu (hence MS), an Isai Vellalar veenai musician, and Srinivasan, a Brahmin. She was of course quite fair. Her husband, Sadasivam, also a Brahmin (Kalki Sadasivam), married her after seeing her in a concert and getting infatuated.

01-24-2007, 03:23 PM	#35
Ephedrine Join Date Dec 2005 Posts 378 Senior Member	The Isai Vellalar community is small, fewer in numbers compared to Brahmanas, probably of Telugu origin. If the Marans/MK trace their lineage back a couple of hunded years, they might find they are not from the current geographical TN region. People may not know this, but M.S. Subbulakshmi was the daughter of Madurai Shanmugavadivu (hence MS), an Isai Vellalar veenai musician, and Srinivasan, a Brahmin. She was of course quite fair. Her husband, Sadasivam, also a Brahmin (Kalki Sadasivam), married her after seeing her in a concert and getting infatuated.
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