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Madurai Mani Iyer
25.10.1912 - 8.6.1968Birthdays & AnniversariesHis music was sweetness personified and his voice had a bell like tonal purity. The name of Madurai city has come down from Madhura, or ‘sweetness’,...
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Record Bharatanatyam Marathon Relay
By Buzybee'Nitya Akhanda Nrittam', 27 hours of continuous Bharatanatyam performance was organised on 23 and 24 September 2017 at Ganesa Natyalaya in New Delhi. The event was a record attempt for a...
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Veteran costumer Aiyyelu passes away
Aiyyelu, probably the busiest and most sought after costume designer for classical dance, passed away at midnight on 22 October 2017 in Chennai. He was 88. D for Devaraj (his father's name) and S for...
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KattumannarKoil Muthukumara Pillai
27.10.1874Birthdays & AnniversariesKattumannarKoil 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...
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T.S. Sankaran
28.10.1930 - 9.4.2015Birthdays & AnniversariesT.S. Sankaran was the son of flute vidwan T.N. Sambasiva Iyer from whom he imbibed music and flute playing at a very tende age. The family hailed from...
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Hema Rajagopalan
28.10.1950Birthdays & AnniversariesHema Rajagopalan is a senior Bharatanatyam dancer, teacher and choreographer ba Hema Rajagopalan sed in Chicago, IL, U.S.A. She is the founder and artistic...
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T.K. Mahalingam Pillai
01.11.1917 - 06.12.2002Birthdays & AnniversariesNatyacharya Tiruvidaimarudur K. Mahalingam Pillai was a veteran Bharatanatyam guru respected for his dedication to the preservation of traditions and...
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Antarkatha--a novel approach to story telling
By S. SivaramakrishnanIt could be christened 'Oliyum Oviyamum' (Pitch and Picture would be a rough translation). The story or glory of Krishna titled 'Muddukrishna' through select songs was sung by...
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KALAMANDALAM SATHYABHAMA
4.11.1937 - 13.09.2015Birthdays & AnniversariesSathyabhama was born on 4 November 1937 to Kadambatt Krishnan Nair from Thalassery (Kannur) and Venat Ammini Amma in Shoranur (Palakkad). Recalling...
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T. R. Mahalingam
6.11.1926 - 31.5.1986Birthdays & AnniversariesIn 1937, after listening to T.R. Mahalingam for the first time, Mysore Vasudevachar is reported to have observed : "We all go in search of tala, but...
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V. Subrahmaniam
6.11.1934Birthdays & AnniversariesSubrahmaniam was born on 6 November 1934 to Meenakshi and S. Vaidyanatha Iyer in the Princely State of Tiruvananthapuram. The immediate family saw great promise in...
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