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	Online edition of Daily News - Features
		On Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai's twelfth death anniversary, he will be remembered with affection and gratitude, by many of his students, all over the world and by a large circle of his admirers.
		Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai was born into a Isai Vellalar family, the traditional breeding ground of dancers and musicians, Ramiah Pillai was a dance master cast in the traditional mould.
		The temple at Vazhuvoor village is dedicated to Lord Siva, under the name of Gannasabeshan, and to this day, the students of Vazhuvoor school, pay obeisance to the deity Gannasabeshan in the form of Thodayamangalam at the beginning of each dance recital.
	www.dailynews.lk /2003/12/04/fea06.html (2259 words)

	Vazhuvoor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Vazhuvoor (or Vizhuvur) is one of the original styles of Bharatanatyam.
		performance begins with a Thodaya mangalam in praise of Lord Gnana Sabesar of Vazhuvoor
		This page was last modified 01:42, 7 January 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vazhuvoor (251 words)

	The Hindu : Descendant of an illustrious tradition
		Such was the unique approach of the Vazhuvoorar Bani propagated by the veteran Ramaiah Pillai, laying focus on the beauty of movement, picturesque poses blending with a charming graceful technique that gave visual delight in contrast to the rigorous routine practised by the traditional artistes of the Fifties and Sixties.
		In the passing away of Vazhuvoor Samraj recently, son of Ramaiah Pillai, the field of Bharatanatyam has lost one of the direct inheritors of this grand lineage.
		Brochures and invitations of Arangetrams of the Vazhuvoor School of Art that functions at Mylapore, shows the firm adherence to and respect for the traditional format of Bharatanatyam, which is still maintained at this academy of dance.
	www.hindu.com /fr/2004/08/06/stories/2004080602440400.htm (503 words)

	Lasya Dance Company - About Bharatanatyam - Vazhuvoor Style
		Elegance and grace are the hallmark of this style which originated in the village of Vazhuvoor.
		It was made popular by Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai who was the first from this tradition to move to Madras or Chennai, the city with most Bharatanatyam activity in India.
		The Vazhuvoor style is accredited with introducing the aspect of entering from the wings as opposed to starting a dance-piece on stage.
	www.lasya.org /vazhuvur.html (295 words)

	Gajaasura vadam - Slaying of the demon Gajaasura
		A terrified Parvati beseeched Shiva to put an end to the attrocity, and Shiva obliged by flaying the skin of the demon and wearing it as a drape around him - and then danced the dance of victory.
		A splendid bronze image of Gajasamhaaramurthy is held in worship at Vazhuvoor near Mayiladuturai in Tamilnadu.
		Vazhuvoor is one of the 8 Veeratta temples celebrating Shiva as the destroyer of evil forces.
	www.templenet.com /beliefs/gajasura.htm (162 words)

	Feature
		Vazhuvoor tradition which grew as a family institution, remains within the family to this day.
		Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai's style of rendering nattuvagam and choreography was incomparable.
		In the Kanagasabesar temple, in the little village of Vazhuvoor, there is an inscription which states that Vazhuvoor gurus taught dancing to Chola princess.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/07/28/fea05.htm (2287 words)

	Dance News
		Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai, an all-time great nattuvanar, had perhaps trained many more eminent artistes than any other in his profession in his time.
		Incidentally her students are reported to have secured the maximum number of prizes and awards in the December season in Chennai.
		After giving the definition and the listing of adavus she gave a demonstration of the manner in which they were executed in the Vazhuvoor style.
	www.kanakasabha.com /dancenews/natyakala21_16.htm (1252 words)

	Sankalpa
		Jaya maha gnana sabesa…' So start the lyrics of a song sung as an invocation before every performance of the Vazhuvoor style of Bharatanatyam.
		Vazhuvoor is the name of a town in the district of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India.
		'Sruti' magazine chose him to be one among two presenters about the Vazhuvoor style and its technique in its seminar on 'Bharatanatyam styles' held in 1990.
	www.sankalpadance.org /history.html (525 words)

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		Her gurus were Muthukumara Pillai of Kattumannar Koil and Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai.
		She was honoured by the Sangeet Nataka Akademi and the Government of India for her contribution to the art.
		PADMA SUBRAHMANYAM: A disciple of Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai, Dandayudapani Pillai and Mylapore Gowri Ammal, Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam is one of the leading exponents of Bharata Natyam.
	www.thakita.com /other-aspects-biographies.asp (3143 words)

	Did 'U' Know - additions upto July
		'Sadinchaney' was the first of the pancharatna kritis of Saint Tyagaraja to enter the Bharatanatyam repertoire courtesy Kamala and her guru Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai.
		The 3 main schools of nattuvangam that have come down to us through the years were evolved in the villages of Pandanallur, Vazhuvoor and Thanjavur town in Tamilnadu.
		Dr.Nataraj Ramakrishna, erudite scholar and the greatest guru responsible for reviving the ancient temple dance forms of Andhra Natyam and Perrini was born in Bali Islands in 1933.
	www.narthaki.com /info/dukutjul.html (368 words)

	Medha Hari - TheBestLinks.com - The Hindu, Doordarshan, Vazhuvoor, Bharata Natyam dancers, ...
		Medha Hari has won a number of top dance competitions and was awarded numerous prizes in Bharathanatyam (http://in.geocities.com/medhahari/awards.html) She gives solo dance recitals, and also participates - in the leading roles - in all the group ballet productions of her Guru'a school, Bharathanjali.
		Is a blend of the Vazhuvoor and Pandanallur styles.
		Medha Hari has been very fortunate to study with the guru who was awarded the Best Natyacharya (best dance teacher) title from Indian Fine Arts Society (Chennai) for 2 consecutive years, Best Natyacharya from Nrityopasana and Nritya Kalaimani.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Medha_Hari.html (279 words)

	SRUTI-India's premier music and dance magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A portrait of Ramiah Pillai and a Nartana Ganapati idol were presented to these eminent disciples of Vazhuvoor by ABHAI.
		The simple but tastefully brought out booklet covered the important facts about the Guru, his place of birth Vazhuvoor that has become synonymous with his name, and the performers of the day.
		It was indeed a true spirit of guru-sisterhood that brought the leading dancers together, to plan and perform in the midst of their individual busy schedules.
	www.sruti.com /May05/nnote.html (535 words)

	Medha Hari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She gives solo dance recitals, and also participates— in the leading roles— in all the group ballet productions of her Guru'a school, Bharathanjali.
		The style of Bharatanatyam is a blend of the Vazhuvoor and Pandanallur styles.
		Medha Hari has studied with the guru who was awarded the Best Natyacharya (best dance teacher) title from Indian Fine Arts Society (Chennai) for two consecutive years, Best Natyacharya from Nrityopasana and Nritya Kalaimani.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Medha_Hari (266 words)

	Dancers Directory at The Horizons - Art, Culture and Lifestyles from India
		She then moved to Madras and was fortunate to have received the direct training from the legendary master, Padmasri Natyakala Kesari Late Sri Vazhuvoor Ramiaih Pillai.
		After the demise of Sri Ramiaih Pillai, Leela was trained by Kalaimamani Sri Kunjidapadam Pillai, from the Kathumannar Muthukumara Pillai school.
		K J Sarasa, a disciple of the doyen Vazhuvoor Ramiaih Pillai.
	www.thehorizons.com /dancers/leela/bio.htm (519 words)

	About Kamala
		Born on June 16, 1934, with a career span of more than five decades on the stage and three on the silver screen, Kamala, the prime disciple of Natyacharya Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai, is acknowledged as the foremost exponent of the 'Vazhuvoor Bani', a style characterised by grace, finesse and aesthetic appeal.
		Later she shone as a Bharathanatyam artiste, whose dance sequences in Tamil films like 'Naam Iruvar', were a vehicle for patriotic messages during the freedom struggle.
		The foremost exponent of the Vazhuvoor tradition of Bharata Natyam, Padmabushan Kamala is the ideal combination of Dancer and Guru.
	www.sribharatakamalalaya.org /about_kamala.htm (360 words)

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		Besides winning several awards for her dancing proficiency, she is a regular participant in prestigious dance festivals as the Andhra Pradesh State Youth Fest and so on.
		To say about Bharathanatyam, she made an auspicious start under the able guidance of late Bharathanatyam legend Padmashree Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai and later under his illustrious son Kalaimamani Vazhuvoor R. Samraj and participated in various programmes conducted Vazhuvoor Classical Bharathanatya Art Centre, Chennai.
		She continued to absorb the Vazhuvoor style under the able guidance of Guru Smt.
	www.geocities.com /lakshmivn (380 words)

	The Guru
		The late Guru Kalaimamani Shri Swamimalai K. Rajarathnam Pillai was a renowned Guru and a leading Proponent of the Vazhuvoor style of Bharatha Natyam.
		Late Shri S.K. Rajarathnam Pillai, a dance Maestro, was trained by the doyen Padmashri Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai.
		His exquisite choreography, outstanding singing ability with a gifted melodious voice and the unique Vazhuvoor style of rendering the Jathis was not only a delight to the senses but also fulfilled the critic and connoisseur with technical brilliance and traditional purity.
	www.omlinga.com /guru.html (182 words)

	Welcome to KutcheriBuzz.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Chennai based dance guru Vazhuvoor R. Samarraj passed away on July 17, 2004 in Chennai.
		Son of the well known yester-year nattuvanar Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah Pillai, Samarraj hailed from a family of traditional dance experts of the Vazhuvoor village near Thanjavur in South India.
		On moving to Chennai, the family has been training students in the Vazhuvoor style of Bharatanatyam at the Vazhuvoorar Classical Art Centre in Mylapore, Chennai for the past 60 years.
	www.kutcheribuzz.com /news/20040727/danceguru.asp (191 words)

	Interview - SREKALA BHARATH
		Srekala Bharath, student of guru K.J.Sarasa, is an exponent of the vibrant Vazhuvoor style of Bharatanatyam and had her arangetram at the age of 10.
		She runs her own dance school Thejas to impart dance training in the Vazhuvoor style.
		She was elected secretary of ABHAI — Association of Bharatanatyam artistes of India in May 2001.
	www.narthaki.com /info/intervw/intrvw30.html (724 words)

	Guru Smt.Rhadha and Pushpanjali
		Rhadha started dancing from the age of five and her art blossomed naturally in the company of her sister Smt.
		Rhadha is a celebrated disciple of (the late) Vazhuvoor Shri.
		Ramaiah Pillai and she also had the fortune of learning KUCHIPUDI from Shri.
	narthanya.tripod.com /id2.html (285 words)

	Lasya Dance Company - Meet Vidhya - Gurus
		Guru 'Nattiya Selvam', 'Kalaimamani', 'Natya Sikhamani', Swamimalai K. Rajarathnam studied Bharatanatyam and Nattuvangam for twelve years with Padmasri Vazhuvoor Sri Ramiah Pillai.
		Padma Subramanyam is the daughter of director K. Subramanyam and a world-renowned dancer who learnt from Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai and Mylapore Gowri Ammal.
		She received an MA in music from the Madras University and under the guidance of Dr. T.
	www.lasya.org /gurus.html (584 words)

	Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose - Productions: Collaborative
		The variations in the technique followed by the different hereditary lines of gurus (master-teachers) have given rise to different schools (Baanis) of Bharatanatyam.
		Of these, the best known and distinctive baanis are the Pandanallur, the Vazhuvoor, and the Kalakshetra styles.
		From different schools of Bharatanatyam, the three dancers Mythili Kumar, Vidhya Subramaniam, and Indumathy Ganesh presented their distinctive styles of this traditional art form.
	www.abhinaya.org /productions-collaborative.html (213 words)

	ARTICLE : Malavika Sarukkai
		He is of the Vazhuvoor style, a disciple of Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai, I think, and I have gone to many of Srinidhi's recitals just to hear his nattuvangam, which I like very very much.
		Two of his students, Srinidhi and Vidhya, I have seen dance, and they are talented dancers with great depth of character so naturally I had always respected his abilities.
		But at other times: that the delicate subtlety of Vazhuvoor is missing; that she is wont to introduce a formless, shapeless Krishna-in-the-various-seasons thing (Hemanth, etc.) in the middle of her padams.
	www.hindunet.org /srh_home/1996_7/msg00241.html (2485 words)

	India, Regional, Asia, India, Arts and Entertainment, Celebrities, Classical Dancers, Bharata Natyam, india (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Was taught by one of the last temple dancers.
		Personal homepage of an expert on the Pandanallur and Vazhuvoor styles in Chennai.
		Janaki Rangarajan, lives in Washington, DC area, and follows "the Bharatanrityam tradition of Bharatanatyam", taught by Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam.
	www.trackerz.com /directory/regional/asia/india/arts_and_entertainment/celebrities/classical_dancers/bhrata_natyam/index.shtml (309 words)

	RAMAA BHARADVAJ - Background Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Did her arangetram (graduation concert) in Bharata Natyam at the age of six under "Padmasri" Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai.
		Studied for several years with "Padmabhushan" Kamala, and regularly went on tours within India as a principal dancer in her company.
		Ramaa Bharadvaj began her dance training in India, at the age of 4, under the legendary Bharata Natyam guru, Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai.
	home.flash.net /~ramaa/ramaa-b.htm (1978 words)

	Artistic Director
		Due to his passion for dance he started experimenting various dance forms in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A, from 1983 through 1989 and in the year 1990 he decided to master the art of Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music.
		He went to Madras, India in 1990 and started intensive training in "VAZHUVOOR BANI" with the late guru Sri.
		In 1994 he completed the rigorous training and started performing and teaching professionally.Ganesh has performed on several occasions in Madras, India from 1991 through 1996.
	www.omlinga.com /director.html (423 words)

	Chitra Visweswaran and R.Visweswaran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1970, on completion of B.A. (Hons.) in English from Calcutta University, she received the National Scholarship for advanced study in Bharatanatyam from the Government of India, at a time when only two scholarships were awarded throughout the country.
		She spent her scholarship period of four years under the doyen of Bharatanatyam, Vazhuvoor Ramaiyya Pillai, at Chennai.
		Her experience as his sishya widened her aesthetic vision even as her earlier Gurus’ training gave her excellent grammar and technique.
	www.chitra-visweswaran.com /evolution.html (378 words)

	Ramaa Bharadvaj & Shivali Panchal
		Although it originated as part of worship rituals within the temples and was danced by temple dancers known as devadasis, today the dance form has evolved to become a concert art form.
		Ramaa Bharadvaj has immersed herself in this dance form her entire life, having started dancing at the age of four when she was taken as a student by the bharata natyam guru Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai in Chennai, India.
		Her life here in California is committed to preserving this dance for coming generations.
	www.actaonline.org /grants_and_programs/apprenticeships/2002/bharadvaj_panchal.htm (352 words)

	Another album on Thiruvasagam
		The album has music composed by Abhayambika while the songs are rendered by music-critic-turned-composer and singer, Simham Kumar.
		Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan said Abhayambika, who was one of the foremost disciples of Natyakala Kesari Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai, received excellent training in the roots of Bharatanatyam as well as Carnatic music in her formative years.
		Singer Manickavinayagam, who received the first copy, said he had heard a lot about Abhayambika as one of the best disciples of his father, Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai.
	www.chennaionline.com /music/Albums/2005/12athiruvasagam.asp (317 words)

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