Annai
Annai Location in Guyana
Coordinates: 3°57′N 59°08′W / 3.95°N 59.133°W / 3.95; -59.133
Country	Guyana
Region	Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo

Annai is a small village in the Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo Region of Guyana. Annai stands at an altitude of 95 metres (314 feet), at the edge of the Rupununi savannah, where the cattle trail to the Atlantic coast begins. It is nestled in the foothills of the Pakaraima Mountains, and is close to the Rupununi River. Annai, considered to be the gateway to the Rupununi, is approximately 15 miles north of Karanambo and is 416 km (258 mi) by road from the nation's capital, Georgetown.

Much of the population of the area are members of the Macushi people. Annai is one of the northern-most Macushi Amerindian villages in the North Rupununi Savannahs.

Annai is home to the Rock View Ecotourism Resort, an old ranch built in the 1950s. Rock View is a good base for trips to the Iwokrama Canopy Walkway.

Annai's airstrip (NAI) allows light planes to land.

Coordinates: 3°57′N 59°08′W / 3.95°N 59.133°W / 3.95; -59.133

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The Bombay sisters, C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, are a Carnatic music singing duo.^[1]

Early life[link]

Bombay Sisters were Keralites born in Bombay. They have been trained by H. A. S. Mani, Musiri Subramania Iyer and T. K. Govinda Rao.^[2][3]

Career[link]

Part of the trend of duo singing in Carnatic music, which started in the 1950s, with performers like Radha Jayalakshmi, and Brinda Mukta,^[4] they have been singing since 1963 when they started with light classical music, subsequently progressing to classical music; they sing in multiple languages including Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi. They have sung for almost all leading cassette companies , meeting records of sales. ^{[5] [6]}

Awards[link]

• Isai Peraringar Award, 2006; awarded by the Tamil Isai Sangam^[7]
• Kalaimamani for contributions to Carnatic music.^[8]
• First women to be conferred the status of Asthana Vidushi by the Kanchi matha.^[9]
• Sangitha Kalanidhi Award for the year 2010 from the Madras Music Academy.^[10]

References[link]

External links[link]

• [http://archives.chennaionline.com/musicseason99/profile/bombaysisters.html Profile at ChennaiOnline.com

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