Bengaluru Nagarathnamma, V.Sriram, translator T. Padmini, 143 pp, Rs. 100 \nBangalore Nagarathnamma was an icon of an age, highly skilled in the arts and well regarded by connoisseurs of music. She was an exceptional woman, much ahead of her times, a champion of the rights of the Devadasis and of women in general. Her devotion to the poet-composer, Tyagaraja, is legendary and she is best shown as the architect and benefactor of the shrine over his Samadhi in Tiruvayyaru. \nIn this book, the rise and fall of the Devadasi tradition is intertwined with the life and times of Bangalore Nagarathnamma. From small beginnings, Nagarathnamma rose to become a stellar figure in the cultural firmament of Madras of the 1920s and 30s. \nSriram Venkatakrishnan (1966-) is an Indian entrepreneur, columnist, music historian and heritage activist. He has had a varied career in marketing and advertising before joining his family businesses in Industrial Hydraulics and Software. \nT. Padmini was an accomplished veena artiste in Visakhapatnam. She performed and taught the veena and vocal music. She had a Ph.D in music.