Friday, February 6, 2015

TA Rajalakshmi

TA Rajalakshmi, "one of the best devadasis of Tiruvidaimarudoor" as per Wiki, lived in Kolkata and had been the guru of Chitra Visveswaran and Vani Ganapathy.

And what is it that many of the senior teachers of Bharatnatyam dance in those years seemed to be Pillais? Here is one more dance and Pillai combination: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sripriya


See the image (you need to zoom plenty): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanjavur_Quartet

Read about Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai (and see the list of his disciples, maybe it's exaggerated?)

About TA Rajalakshmi by Chitra Visveswaran: http://www.abhai.org.in/e-patrika/yaaro-ivar-yaaro-august-2013.html and http://bharathanatyam.in/about-her-guru.

TAR herself apparently was a disciple of  Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai as per http://www.bhavalaya.com/art%20and%20culture/famous_bharatanatyam_dancers.html

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