R.R. Sabha (Rasika Ranjani Sabha) was founded in 1929 in Chennai. When T.L. Venkatraman Iyer organised Dikshitar day celebration in RR Sabha in 1945, food was served to the audience!
('Mired in controversy' by Suganthy Krishnamachari, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2012)

On Saraswathi puja, the RR Sabha would organise a dance programme, and members would be given a bag of freebies, containing a small sachet of TSR's sandal powder, a packet of biscuits and even a small bottle of Amrutanjan! recalls D. Sundaravaradan, whose family has lived in Mylapore for more than 150 years.
('Mired in controversy' by Suganthy Krishnamachari, The Hindu, Nov 30, 2012)


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