Bhavatharini, the daughter of music director Ilaiyaraaja, who rendered some memorable songs, including Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu in Bharathi and Oliyile Therivathu Thevathaya in Azhagi, died in Sri Lanka on Thursday.
She was 47, and is survived by her husband and her brothers Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja. She won the national award for the song Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu.
Sources in Colombo said Bhavatharini, who was suffering from cancer, was in Sri Lanka with her husband for Ayurvedic treatment.
