Source on Balasaraswati

“There used to be beggar, a sort of maniac, who would jump up and dance like a monkey while singing tat tarigappa tei ta, tat tarigappa tei ta. Bala would imitate him, both dancing like monkeys... All of us tried to snub him but the beggar could not be turned out. It meant a few coins for him; he made a regular visit to our house and the two used to dance. That was the real starting point for Bala’s dancing mania.”

“Observation of a relative in Knight, Douglas M. (15 June 2010), Balasaraswati: Her Art and Life, page: 17, publisher: Wesleyan University Press, ISBN: 978-0-8195-6906-6”