Thankamani Gopinath

Mangat Mulaykkal Thankamani, known by her married name Thankamani Gopinath (27 March 1918 – 28 December 1990) was a prominent Indian Mohiniyattam dancer and dance teacher from Kerala. The wife and co-dancer of Guru Gopinath, she was the first student of Mohiniyattam from Kalamandalam. Thankamani is considered as one of the important icons in the history of women's progress in Kerala, who learned Mohiniyattam at a time when learning and performing dance was considered unethical for girls in Kerala. She has also starred and sang a song in the 1941 Malayalam movie Prahlada.