When Gemini's aunt sent her to the Ramakrishna Mission for her studies, she was unable to cope without her mother. Unable to endure the separation, Gemini ran away from the ashram and returned to her mother.
Gemini's aunt, Muthulakshmi, was a well-educated woman who abhorred the Devadasi system. She supported Gemini's family, but...
Gemini, born in 1920 into a Tamil Brahmin family, was originally named Ramasamy Ganesan.
Gemini never acknowledged her as her daughter, and Rekha never saw her face after her death.