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In her heyday, K. Bhanumathi presented varnams for as long as four hours. (K. Bhanumathi, Anuradha Jagannathan, Sruti, Issue 99/100, Dec-Jan 1992-1993) |
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On one occasion, when K. Bhanumathi was about to give a recital in
Tirukaalavasam near Thiruvarur, she was stung by a scorpion in her heel.
A local priest applied an antidote but she was still limping when she
got on the stage. She did present a recital omitting the varnam and
nobody knew she was in pain. (K. Bhanumathi, Anuradha Jagannathan, Sruti, Issue 99/100, Dec-Jan 1992-1993) |
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A rare handwritten letter from Sivananda Nattuvanar, one of the Tanjore
Quartet, complains to Shivaji II that the East India Company authorities
were preventing him from teaching Bharatanatyam and Kathak. It is said
that the Thanjavur Quartet brothers are depicted in a painting of a
dancing scene in the Mallapa Nayaka mantapam. (It was the pinnacle of fine arts, Pradeep Chakravarthy, The Hindu Fri Review, Feb 20, 2015) |
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