Kalamandalam Devaki (25 November 1946 – 7 April 2023) was an Indian exponent of the Ottan Thullal dance and song tradition.
[3] Devaki was born on November 25, 1946, in Nelluvai, Thrissur district, Kerala to Kadambur Damodaran Nair and Vaduthala Narayani Amma.
She studied Kuchipudi under Mrinalini Sarabhai, in whose Darpana Academy of Performing Arts her husband had become a member.
[5] Following her graduation from the Kerala Kalamandalam in 1964, she was invited by Milena Salvini, a French teacher of Kathakali, to perform in Paris.
[5] Returning to Nelluvai, Devaki became widely sought as a Thullal maestro, both for instruction and performance.