October 09, 2021 12:41 pm | Updated 12:41 pm IST
At 78 years old, Meenakshi Amma is arguably the oldest female practitioner of Kalaripayattu, a martial art from Kerala. She received the Padma Shri in 2017.
Currently, she runs a kalaripayattu school in Kozhikode, where she trains around 150 students, both girls and boys.
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