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Meenakshisundaram Pillai (1869–1964) is a classical dance guru considered as the prominent founder of Pandanallur style of Bharatanatyam, Indian dance. He lived in the village of Pandanallur, in the Thanjavur district in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1]
Originally known as sadhir (Tamil: சதிராட்டம்), the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam owes its current name, to E Krishna Iyer and Rukmini Devi Arundale, who had been instrumental in modifying mainly the Pandanallur style of Bharatanatyam and bringing it to the global attention, and removing the extraneous ...
A famous example of illustrative sculpture is in the southern gateway of the Chidambaram temple (≈12th century) dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, where 108 poses, described as karanas in the Natya Shastra, are carved in stone. [33] [34] Bharatanatyam shares the dance poses of many ancient Shiva sculptures in Hindu temples.
Purandara Dasa (IAST: Purandara Dāsa; [3] (c.1470 [1] – c.1564) was a composer, singer and a Haridasa philosopher from present-day Karnataka, India. [4] He was a follower of Madhvacharya's Dvaita philosophy.
The Pandanallur style is a style of Bharatanatyam Indian dance. It is mainly attributed to Dance Guru Meenakshi sundaram Pillai (1869–1964), a dance guru who lived in the village of Pandanallur , in the Thanjavur district in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu .
Savitha Sastry (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian dancer and choreographer best known as an exponent of Bharatanatyam.She is known to experiment with the format of traditional Bharatanatyam by using the techniques of Bharatanatyam to showcase theme-based productions based on novel stories, not based on Indian mythology or religion.
Jayabharathi, famous Indian actress Lakshmi Menon (actress), Lakshmi Menon at 60th South Filmfare Awards 2013. Shobhana Chandrakumar Pillai, [10] Indian actress and bharatanatyam dancer; Jayabharathi, [11] Indian actress, two-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Award for best actress; Urvashi, [12] Prominent lead actress of the 1980s and 1990s