Legendary dancer Uday Shankar was born in Rajasthan, but Bengal, where he breathed his last, calls him as Banglar Nataraj (Nataraj of Bengal). |
Thyagaraja, Dikshitar and Syama Sastri, the 3 members of the Carnatic Trinity, all hailed from Thiruvarur in Thanjavur district. |
The 72 melakartha system had its roots around the 17th century and was first propounded by the great musicologist Venkatamakhin. |