Mangala Bayi

Mangala Bayi Thampuratti (1865–1954), known as Mangala Bayi, was an artist from Kerala, India, whose portraits depicted primarily domestic and devotional themes in everyday life in Travancore. She belonged to the Travancore royal family, and her brother, Raja Ravi Verma, was also a renowned Indian painter.

Life Mangala Bayi was born into the Travancore royal family in Kerala, India, in the erstwhile princely state of Travancore.

Career Mangala Bayi's brother, Raja Raja Varma, and her aunts, Rohininal Thampuratty and Moolamnal Kunjikāvu, were among the first to adopt art as a profession within the Travancore royal family, training with British artists.