Kalaimamani Gopika Varma - a brief description
Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Kalaimamani award, Nritya Choodamani award from Krishna Gana Sabha - a student of Guru Kalayna Kutti Amma, Guru Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, and Kavalam Narayana Panicker - not to mention the training she received from Smt. Girija and Smt. Chandrika Kurup, both senior students of Smt. Kalyani Kuttyamma, and also from Kalyani Kutti Amma's daughter Smt. Sreedevi Rajan.
She is married to Prince Poorurttathi Thirunal Marthanda Varma ,descendent of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal of the ancient Travancore family, that is very well known for patronage of the arts. Maharaja Swathi Thirunal is deemed to have resurrected Mohiniattam and restored the wonderful art form to its right place.
She considers every dance of hers as an offering to the divine; Sri Padmanbhaswamy, the tutelary deity of the Travancore Royal family.
She runs a school called Dasyam, in Chennai, India.