	Kumari came from Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram. She was married to a brother of Lalitha-Padmini-Ragini trio, producer P. K. Sathyapal and they had three children, late S. Padmanabhan, late S. Jayapal and Asha. She died on 8 March 2011 at Shenoy Nagar, Chennai.