[1] She represented Madurai East in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1967.
[2] Janaki Ammal married a harmonium player from the troupe, Gurusamy Naidu.
[2] She was arrested for participating in anti-war propaganda in Trichy, under the Defence of India Rules.
[2] Janaki Ammal and Ponmalai Paapa Umanath were founders of the Tamil Nadu Democratic Women's Association in 1974, where the former became its first president.
[2] During the Emergency, she sold off her jewelry and silk clothes to raise money for food for party cadres.