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Birthdays & Anniversaries
KattumannarKoil Muthukumara Pillai. A name that still glows in the annals of Bharatanatyam of Indian dance, some 12 years after his Birth and 33 years after his death.
KattumannarKoil Muthukumara Pillai. A name that still glows in the annals of Bharatanatyam of Indian dance, some 12 years after his Birth and 33 years after his death.
He was an unusual phenomenon. A product of unique Blind of deep spirituality and instinctive Cove for the dance. The spiritual side ofhis personality lent a luminous glow to his art.
He was the only dance master of the old tradition who had a career as a performer also. Notably, he dressed up and danced as a girl, a woman.
He survived" a dart period when the dance, then fcnown as Sadir, was looked down upon By society and virtuatty driven out of existence. But he did more than that; he served as a guardian of the true greatness of tradition and succeeded in propagating it far and wide through his teaching.
He was a great teacher. With a missionary zeal, deep dedication and a stern sense of discipline.
M.K. Saroja, Rukmini Devi, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Muthuswami Pillai, Kamala, Ram Gopal, Nala Najan, Janak Khendry'...who distinguished them-. selves in dance...were all privileged to Itarn from him.
The world of dance, of Bharatanatyam, has ample reasons to remember him with gratitude.