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Maria Christopher Byrski, a Polish student of Sanskrit drama, who later became Polish ambassador in India, learnt Koodiyattam from maestro Mani Madhava Chakyar. He was the first non Chakyar-Nambiar and foreign disciple of Koodiyattam. |
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The Sattriya dance is born of the dramatic tradition. Dances formed an indispensable part of the plays of Sankaradeva and his principal apostle Madhavadeva (1498 – 1586 AD) and other later disciples and apostles. Like the great composers of Carnatic music, Sankaradeva and Madhavadeva alone left behind a very large corpus of compositions, which are venerated as Bargits including those written for their 12 plays. |
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Kathak guru Pandit Tirath Ram Azad has performed in the film 'Jamuna Kinare' that was released in the 1960s. |
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