Guru Panchapakesa nattuvanar (the grandfather of Guru Kalyanasundaram Pillai) was an authority on abhinaya. He wrote 'Abhinaya Navaneetham.' |
Written around 2500 BC, Bharata's Natya Shastra described detailed effects of music and dance on each and every muscle of the body. |
Mani Madhava Chakyar is the author of 'Natyakalpadrumam,' the authoritative encyclopedic treatise on all aspects of Koodiyattam. |