Yamini Krishnamurthy was born on December 20, 1940, in a Telugu family in Madanapalli
city in the Chittoor
district of Andhra Pradesh. Born on a full moon
night, her grandfather named her Yamini ‘Poornatalika’, the term
literally meaning "a full mark on the brow of night". She was brought
up in Chidambaram, Tamil
Nadu. Her mother tongue is Telugu. She hails
from an eminent family that is more literally inclined than artistically. Her
father,M. Krishnamurthy, was a Sanskrit scholar and grandfather
was an expert in Urdu
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