Poongani
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thumb|Performing Poongani (, also known as Poongani Ammal, Poongani Amma) (1934, Saravanan Theri – 2 November 2018, Kottaram, Tamil Nadu) was an Indian performer of Villu Paatu, a musical story-telling tradition in southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. She was a recipient of the Om Muthu Mari Award of the University of Madras.
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- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- Tamil Nadu
- Place of death
- Kottaram
- Occupation
- narrator
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- date of birth
- 1934-00-00
- date of death
- 2018-11-02
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thumb|Performing Poongani (, also known as Poongani Ammal, Poongani Amma) (1934, Saravanan Theri – 2 November 2018, Kottaram, Tamil Nadu) was an Indian performer of Villu Paatu, a musical story-telling tradition in southern Tamil Nadu and Kerala. She was a recipient of the Om Muthu Mari Award of the University of Madras.
==Life== Poongani was born in 1934 in Saravanan Theri near Agastheeswaram in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu at the tip of India. She attended school till fourth grade but family circumstances did not permit her to continue.
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