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Y. G. Srimati accompanying Mahatma Gandhi at an independence rally
Not on view
As a young, educated woman, Srimati was swept up in the nationalist movement for an independent India. Already an accomplished artist and classically trained musician, Srimati was invited in 1946 to sing devotional songs (bhajans) at a number of independence rallies addressed by Mahatma Gandhi in Chennai. She performed these in a variety of Indian languages to underscore the cultural unity so passionately advocated by the Mahatma.
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