Mylapore Gowri Ammal - (Bharatanatyam dancer)
================================================================================================= 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...