Tyagaraja sanctified Bunder Street by his stay and it is also said that he sang Devagandhari raga extensively during his tenure in Sundaresa Mudaliar's house. Leaving the enchanting strains of that musical memory, if we come back to Flower Bazar police station, we see King George V looking rather forlorn and sad over what is now a parking lot. As a statue, he is quite intact and well preserved, though the hand that holds the orb is often used by political parties for tying banners and flags. Today passers-by hardly spare a glance at this statue, but there was a short period when George added colour to Carnatic music.

King George gave the area its name, for it was called Black Town before he ascended the throne in 1910 and held a Durbar in India in 1911. The area was the residence for us 'Blacks' as compared to them 'Whites'. Black Town was the happening place of that period with every musician worth his or her salt having come there to perform or often take up residence. The Muthialpet Sabha was a popular organiser of concerts. The Madras Jubilee Gayana Samaj was its predecessor, though it favoured learned discussions on music as opposed to mere performances.