Another claim says that the song was penned by Purakkad Konnakath Janaki Amma, daughter of Anantha Krishna Iyer, an oracle, in 1923. It is believed that the ashtakam was first rendered at ...

Janaki Ammal was a pioneering Indian botanist renowned for her contributions to plant breeding, cytogenetics, and phytogeography. Her groundbreaking research on sugarcane and eggplant played a crucial ...