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.

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