Urmila Sathyanarayanan

Margazhi, the month of a cultural and religious flowering, is also when saint-poet Andal is celebrated. Her image is so deeply entrenched in the repertoires of classical dancers that they keep returning to the Thiruppavai verses to…

On Dhandayuthapani Pillai’s birth centenary, remembering the doyen whose compositions have enriched the Bharatanatyam repertoire The day I first met guru Dhandayuthapani Pillai remains etched in my memory. I was six years old. My…