Concerts of Chembai - Vaikom & Guruvayur Performances (1907)

Vaikom & Guruvayur Performances (1907)

One of the landmarks in the early career of the brothers was their concert at the temple festival in Vaikom, known for the annual musical feast it provided. At this concert in 1907, the father again provided violin support. Chembai thereafter made it a practice to sing at the Vaikom festival every year. After the Vaikom concert, Anantha Bhagavatar took the boys to Guruvayur, another important temple town where again they had a successful concert. Guruvayur too became a regular part of the Chembai's concert programme every year. Thus Vaidyanathan and Subrahmaniam imbibed from an early age not only the knowledge of music that their father had but also the tradition of a religious life which had marked the family for generations.