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  ================================================================================================= Thursday 23, July 2026, 08:50. Mylapore Gowri Ammal - Born Gowri Ammal, 1892 Mylapore, Chennai Tamilnadu India Died 22 January 1971 (aged 78–79), Chennai, Tamil Nadu Other name Mylapore Gowri Amma Occupation Bharatanatyam dancer Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1959) Introductions:  Mylapore Gowri Ammal also known as Mylapore Gowri Amma (1892–1971) was a Bharathanatyam dancer from Mylapore India. She was a temple dancer in Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore. In 1959, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Bharathanatyam. Biography: Mylapore Gowri Ammal was born in 1892, in a Devadasi family of Mylapore, Tamil Nadu.[2] Her mother Doraikannu Ammal was also a dancer. She learned dance from Nelluru Munuswamy Nattuvanar and also from her mother. Born into a family of temple dancers, she was the last person to serve at the Kapaleeshwarar Temple in Mylapore. She l...

M.L. Vasanthakumari at a concert with Kanyakumari on violin. Kanyakumari accompanied her for 19 years What I am today is only because of my three gurus — Sri Ivaturi Vijayeshwara Rao, Sangita Kalanidhi Sri M. Chandrashekharan sir and Sangita Kalanidhi M.L. Vasanthakumari amma. The knowledge that my gurus have imparted me is priceless. I bow down to each one of them. But I feel it was perhaps the will of God that I came under the tutelage of MLV akka. This association with her can be explained as that of a mother and child, guru and sishya, advisor and role model. =============================================================================================== Friday 26, June 2026, 08:00. Madras Lalithangi Vasanthakumari MLV in late 1940s Background information: Born 3 July 1928 Madras, Madras Presidency, British India Died 31 October 1990 (aged 62) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Genres Carnatic music – Indian Classical Music and Playback singing Occupation Singer Years active 1942–...