Rukumani Veena Academy

Rukumani Veena Academy is tucked away on 5th Street in Siva Sakthi Nagar. Korattur is a bit of a maze if you are not used to the lane numbers, but once you find the first house on the street, that is us. It is a residential area mostly, so you hear birds and the occasional scooter passing by during the day. We have a few rooms set aside for our work. It is nothing like those big glass buildings you see in the city center. We have old floors and walls that might need a bit of fresh paint soon, but the space works for what we need. People come here to spend time with the instruments and practice. Sometimes you can hear the veena music drifting out onto the street in the quiet evenings. It is a very calm atmosphere most of the time. We do not really have a reception desk or a lobby, just a place to leave your shoes and a simple chair for someone to wait. Usually, one of us is around to say hello. We spend most of our time just sitting on the floor or on small stools. The neighborhood is friendly, and we know the people living next door quite well. It has been our home for a good while now. We do not do much advertising, as people just seem to find us by word of mouth or by walking down Siva Sakthi Nagar. It is just a plain, honest place.