Her work included the performances of kritis by Tyagaraja and Muthuswami Dikshitar and in the years after Indian independence, she helped popularise the famous mystic poet of Tamil Nadu, Kavi Yogi Maharishi Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati's songs.

[1] NCV was born as Kamakshi in Irinjalakkuda, Cochin State of British India, the present Kerala.

Her voice was melodious with perfect intonation, sruti, emotion, high-pitched and clear pronunciation of words.

She was a regular performer at the festivals of the Tamil Isai Sangam in Madras and Nellai Sangeetha Sabha in Thirunelveli.

She fell victim to a severe attack of tuberculosis, and died at the age of 32 on 7 November 1951, at her residence in Gopalapuram, a neighbourhood in present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu.