Artists light lamps, pray for speedy recovery of SPB

TIRUVARUR: Scores of fans including musicians and stage artistes gathered on the banks of Haridra Nathi temple tank at

Mannargudi

in

Tiruvarur district

and performed prayers for the speedy recovery of veteran playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam on Wednesday evening.

The playback singer has been admitted to a private hospital in Chennai after he tested positive for Covid-19 last week.

When messages and wishes poured in for the 74-year-old singer on Twitter with the celebrities and fans praying for his speedy recovery, a group of people from the field of music and art joined hands to pray for the legend.

Fans headed by Dr C Ashok Kumar, chairman of Mannargudi Kalaivani Sabha, music and stage artists Rajagopal, M S D Karunanithi, M Rajendran, Anu Anand, Jeyanthi, and Narayanan participated.

They gathered on the banks of the Haridhra Nadhi, which is the tank of the Rajagopalaswamy temple in Mannargudi and lit earthen lamps and prayed for the legend. Ashok Kumar said that SPB will be back with full strength.

The 23-acre tank is considered as the place where sages performed penance for the darshan of Lord and this theertha is also considered as River Yamuna and is praised as Haridra Nadhi.