Padmavathy Ananthagopalan

Padmavathy Ananthagopalan (born 12 July 1934) is a classical musician and veena maestro from India, in the Carnatic Music genre. She also plays the mridangam and the nagaswaram. She has seven decades of experience in playing the veena.

She is known for her own unique "gayaki" style, and she has long been a major advocate for the guru-shishya (gurukula) tradition. She has been the guru for numerous artists like Jayanthi Kumaresh (veena) and Usha Rajagopalan (violin). She is also the founder of the Sri Satguru Sangita music school and has over 25 years of active teaching service through the institution.