Mandyada Gandu Ambareesh Birthday special wallpapers and Pictures. Ambareesh was born in the village Malavalli,of Mandya district in Karnataka. His grandfather was the legendary violinist Tirumakudalu Chowdiah {the famous Choudayya memorial hall and Choudayya Rd.in Bangalore are named after him.}. He was the 6th of 7 children and the youngest among the brothers. Born as Amarnath and his father, Mysore Huche Gowda, was a gentle and generous person. Ambareesh's childhood was very much under his famous, musician , and maternal grandfather's shadow. Theirs was a large joint family in Mysore and that’s where he started his formal studies.