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The Living Legacy of

Subbaraya Nattuvanar

Bharatanatyam Thanjavur, India
4
Direct Shishyas
635
Total Descendants
8
Generations
21
Countries
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GN

Gopala Nattuvanar

Grand Guru

GN

Gangamuthu Nattuvanar

Guru

SN

Subbaraya Nattuvanar

BharatanatyamThanjavur, India
GEN 1Direct Shishyas(4)
SP

Sivanandam Pillai

Thanjavur, India

3 students ↓

CP

Chinnaiah Pillai

Thanjavur, India

1 student ↓

PP

Ponnaiah Pillai

Tanjore (Thanjavur), India

VP

Vadivelu Pillai

Thanjavur, India

GEN 2Grand Shishyas(4)
MN

Mahadeva Nattuvanar

Thanjavur, India

1 student ↓

TK

Thanjavur Kandappa Pillai

Bharatanatyam

5 students ↓

KP

K. Ponniah Pillai (Sangita Kalanidhi)

Thanjavur, India

1 student ↓

JT

Jatti Tayamma

Mysore, India

1 student ↓

GEN 3Great-Grand Shishyas(8)

Pandanallur Meenakshisundaram Pillai

Pandanallur, India

29 students ↓

Kalanidhi Narayanan

Chennai, India

14 students ↓

T. Balasaraswati

Chennai, India

39 students ↓

KE

Kancheepuram Ellappa Pillai

Chennai, India

4 students ↓

AS

Amala Shankar

India

GP

Ganeshan Pillai

India

Tanjavur K.P. Sivanandam

KV

K. Venkatalakshmamma

Mysore, India

GEN 4Generation 4(86)

Rukmini Devi Arundale

Chennai, India

20 students ↓

K. P. Kittappa Pillai

Thanjavur, India

36 students ↓

Ram Gopal

Bangalore, India

6 students ↓

KG

K.J. Govindarajan

Delhi, India

28 students ↓

PC

Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai

Chennai, India

5 students ↓

BG

Baroda Guru Kubernath Tanjorkar

Vadodara, India

13 students ↓

KD

Karaikkal Dandayudhapani Pillai

Chennai, India

4 students ↓

PP

Pichaiyya Pillai

Thanjavur, India

3 students ↓

GEN 5Generation 5(188)

Adyar K Lakshman

Chennai, India

18 students ↓

C.V. Chandrasekhar

Chennai, India

9 students ↓

Leela Samson

Chennai, India

15 students ↓

CP

Chandu Panikkar

Chennai, India

4 students ↓

KB

Khagendranath Barman

Kolkata, India

9 students ↓

Sarada Hoffman

Chennai, India

8 students ↓

SD

Shanta Dhananjayan

Chennai, India

5 students ↓

KR

Kamala Rani

Long Island, New York, India

4 students ↓

GEN 6Generation 6(159)

Ramli Ibrahim

Kulalumpur, Malaysia

16 students ↓

DC

Dr Chandrabhanu

Melbourne, Australia

13 students ↓

MK

Mavin Khoo

London, United Kingdom

13 students ↓

CS

C.P. Shanta

Chennai, India

4 students ↓

Roja Kannan

Chennai, India

7 students ↓

AN

Ambika N.

Chennai, India

5 students ↓

JS

Jayanthi Subramaniam

Chennai, India

2 students ↓

MR

M.S. Ramadevi

Secunderabad, India

2 students ↓

GEN 7Generation 7(173)
A

Abiramavalli

Malaysia

DL

Divya Lee Nair

Malaysia

GS

Geethika Sree

Malaysia

HP

Harenthiran Pulingam

Malaysia

JL

January Low

Odissi

J

Jyotsna

Malaysia

MC

Michelle Chang

Malaysia

NG

Nishah Govind Kumar

Malaysia

GEN 8Generation 8(13)
PR

Poornema Ramasamy

Bharatanatyam

SE

Sarah Elizabeth Watford

Bharatanatyam

SE

Shefali Emmanuel

Bharatanatyam

MV

Margi Vijayan

India

M

Moogambigai

India

A

Aanya

India

D

Devika

India

DN

Dharini Nandish

India

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Lineage Stats

8
Generations
635
Total Descendants
4
Direct Shishyas
21
Countries Reached

Lineage Overview

635Shishyas
Gen 11%
Gen 21%
Gen 31%
Gen 414%
Gen 530%
Gen 625%
Gen 727%
Gen 82%
  • ✦This lineage spreads across 21 countries.
  • ✦Bharatanatyam is the primary style.
  • ✦Avg. 157.8 students per direct shishya.
  • ✦This lineage is 8 generations deep.

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Son of Gangamuthu Nattuvanar and a renowned Natyacharya in the Thanjavur court. He was the father of the four brothers known as the Tanjore Quartet.

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