by his son-in-law, S. Natesan[1][2] The academy was located at Maruthanarmadam near Chunnakam and its purpose was to promote the education of Tamil classical music and Bharata Natyam.
[1][2] RAFA was taken over by the University of Sri Lanka in December 1975 and placed under the Jaffna Campus' Faculty of Arts.
[1][2] RAFA was part of the faculty's Department of Fine Arts.
[1] RAFA has two departments - Dance and Music - and an Art and Design Unit.
[3] Initially functioning as a unit within the Department of Fine Arts, the RAFA eventually evolved and gained status as a distinct department of study within the Faculty of Arts in 1992.