Sikkil Sisters

Sikkil Kunjumani (10 June 1927 – 13 November 2010) and Sikkil Neela (9 September 1938 – 17 September 2023) were sisters who played the carnatic flute, called Venu flute.

Kunjumani started learning music from her father initially and then learnt flute from her maternal uncle Azhiyur Narayanaswami Iyer.

The sisters blend the tone and play on their flutes and the merger is total and the effect remarkable.

They are known for the chaste, orthodox style in rendering raga, kriti and swara.

[2] Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar, the daughter of Neela, is following her mother's footprints as flautist.