Adakkaputhur of Vellinezhi, an interior village in
Palakkad district of Kerala has amazingly produced most of the Kathakali
maestros of Kalluvazhi tradition. |
Bharatanatyam teacher Neela Balasubramanyam’s first student was her youngest sister Rajee Narayan of Nrithya Geetanjali, Mumbai. |
Chavara Parukutty is a Dalit and the only woman who has completed 50 years as a Kathakali dancer. |