In a news that shook people, Ilaiyaraaja’s daughter- Bhavatharini– passed away yesterday after battling cancer. The National Award-winning singer was undergoing treatment for liver cancer in Sri Lanka. Mourning the loss of his daughter, Ilaiyaraaja shared a black-and-white picture of him and his daughter from her childhood.
Ilaiyaraaja took to his X (formerly, Twitter) account to share a picture with his late daughter – Bhavatharini. The picture shows Bhavatharini as a young girl. She is wearing a frock and is seen sitting next to her father. Ilaiyaraaja is wearing headphones and is pointing to a book. The father and daughter are looking into the book. Sharing the picture, he wrote, “Dear Daughter.”
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Take a look at Ilaiyaraaja’s tribute to his late daughter.
The post has fetched over 26K likes and 567K views. Reacting to the post, fans left their condolences. One fan wrote, “I can’t say enough to console you Sir! May God give you strength to get over this painful phase! My Pranams.” A second fan said, “heart breaking , really sorry for you and your family sir.” A third fan commented, “Innisai's flower has lost a flower. Your music is the antidote, for us and you.”
Kamal Haasan, Chinmayi Sripada, Anirudh Ravichander, and Bharathiraja mourned her loss and paid their tributes. The singer earned fans because of her voice and her unique style of making songs emotional.
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Bhavatharini is the daughter of Ilaiyaraaja and the sister of Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja. It has been reported that her body will be brought from Sri Lanka to India for the final rites to be held in Chennai. She is survived by her husband. She was 47.
