At age eight, Pattammal won first prize for singing Thyagarajas Raksha Bettare in Bhairavi, at a competition conducted by C Subramanya Pillai popularly known as Naina Pillai, whom Pattammal admired deeply
"वयाच्या आठव्या वर्षी पट्टम्माल यांनी भैरवीतले त्यागराजांचे ""रक्षा बेट्टरे"" गाण्यासाठी एका स्पर्धेत प्रथम पुरस्कार जिंकला."