Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar (mother of NityasrI Mahadevan) w/o Sivakumar (mridangist), d/o Palghat Mani Iyer, and d-i-l of DKP is a composer of significant merit but has remained in the background amidst all the popularity of other members of her family. Shall we discuss her compostions here? She has tuned some Bharathi's songs which NityasrI has rendered. One of her own compositions rendered by NityasrI is in rAgam pAlini starting as "kapAli nI dayAnidhi umApati tuNaivaruvAy..."