rajna swaminathan

Rajna's father Dr. P. K. Swaminathan, disciple of Maestro Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, is a mrudangam artist with over 30 years experience accompanying musicians & dancers.  He is a scientist by profession.

Rajna's late mother Lalitha Swaminathan, was a vocalist, Nattuvangam artist and a Bharathanatyam dancer.  She provided vocal and nattuvangam for dance performances for 25 years and was a software systems engineer by profession. She passed away in July 2010.

Rajna's sister, Anjna Swaminathan is a violinist trained by Parur Sri M. S. Gopalakrishnan & Mysore Sri H. K. Narasimhamurthy.