A file photo of MS Subbulakshmi and her husband T Sadasivam. The latter was the motivation behind Subbulakshmis recitation of the prayer. "Sadasivam thought that a simple temple prayer like Venkatesa ...

To the pre-millennial generation, MS, as M.S. Subbulakshmi was known, was the voice that was heard at daybreak, when her rendition of Venkatesa Suprabhatam was played at temples across south India to ...