According to Randor Guy's biography of Rajalakshmi in the Tamil film magazine "Galatta", Rajalakshmi was abandoned by her husband as her family did not have enough money to pay her dowry.and Rajalakshmi had to leave her village along with her mother.
According to Randor Guy's biography of Rajalakshmi in the Tamil film magazine "Galatta", Rajalakshmi was abandoned by her husband as her family did not have enough money to pay her dowry. Unable to bear the humiliation, Rajalakshmi's father, a temple priest allegedly committed suicide by drowning in a well and Rajalakshmi had to leave her village along with her mother.