Rarely does one come across all these attributes in one and the same person. But when one does, and Balasaraswati has a generous measure of all these, the result is greatness. The flowering of Balasaraswati's genius has taken place in a garden of great splendor. For generations, the family has been a repository of the Karnatic tradition in its pristine glory. The family tree can be traced back to over two hundred years.
Every branch is dotted with music and dance.
Papammal's daughter, Rukmini, was also a court musician at Tanjore. She had been taught by the great Ganapati Sastri and danced at the Tanjore Court till the age of seventy-five. Of Kamakshiammal's children, two were famous. Both were pupils of Subbaraya Sastri, and himself a composer of great qualities who has perhaps not had the recognition due to him. Nannu brochutakau in Todi to Ponnuswamy and Sundarammal.