# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/poongani
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:40:50.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/poongani"
name: "Poongani"
slug: "poongani"
description: "Poongani 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."
tagline: "Tamil Villu Paatu story teller/musician died 2018"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Poongani_died_2018.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1934"
deathDate: "2018-11-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           32.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.201152
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Poongani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "بونجانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF"
    title: "পুংগানি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poongani"
    title: "Poongani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF"
    title: "പൂങ്കനി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AA%E0%AD%82%E0%AC%99%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%97%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A8%E0%AC%BF"
    title: "ପୂଙ୍ଗାନି"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%81%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%80"
    title: "ਪੁੰਗਣੀ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "பூங்கனி அம்மாள்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58457716"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump