Padmasree Avasarala Kanyakumari is a violinist from South India who specializes in Carnatic music.

[citation needed] Kanyakumari is a native of Vijayanagaram, Andhra Pradesh and has lived in Chennai for more than five decades.

[citation needed] A Kanyakumari was awarded the Sangeetha Kalanidhi award of the Madras Music Academy for the year 2016.

She is the first female violinist to get the award.

[1] Other awards include She was selected for Limca Book of Records 2004 for her various achievements in music as a versatile woman violinist.