Shankari Ammal

Shankari Ammal was an eighth-generation veena artist of the Karaikudi tradition, one of the three daughters of the legendary Karaikudi Subbarama Iyer who carried the lineage forward in the absence of male heirs. Based in Kumbakonam, she taught and performed throughout her life, passing the tradition to her daughters Kamala Pasupati, Vasantha Sivaramakrishnan, Jayalakshmi Sugumar, Naga Balasubramanian, and Lakshmi Chandrasekhar, all of whom continue to teach and perform.