The Living Legacy of

Gangamuthu Nattuvanar

Bharatanatyam Thanjavur, India

Direct Shishyas

636

Total Descendants

Generations

Countries

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Gopala Nattuvanar

Guru

Gangamuthu Nattuvanar

BharatanatyamThanjavur, India

GEN 1Direct Shishyas(1)

Subbaraya Nattuvanar

Thanjavur, India

4 students ↓

GEN 2Grand Shishyas(4)

Sivanandam Pillai

Thanjavur, India

3 students ↓

Chinnaiah Pillai

Thanjavur, India

1 student ↓

Ponnaiah Pillai

Tanjore (Thanjavur), India

Vadivelu Pillai

Thanjavur, India

GEN 3Great-Grand Shishyas(4)

Mahadeva Nattuvanar

Thanjavur, India

1 student ↓

Thanjavur Kandappa Pillai

Bharatanatyam

5 students ↓

K. Ponniah Pillai (Sangita Kalanidhi)

Thanjavur, India

1 student ↓

Jatti Tayamma

Mysore, India

1 student ↓

GEN 4Generation 4(8)

Pandanallur Meenakshisundaram Pillai

Pandanallur, India

29 students ↓

Kalanidhi Narayanan

Chennai, India

14 students ↓

T. Balasaraswati

Chennai, India

39 students ↓

Kancheepuram Ellappa Pillai

Chennai, India

4 students ↓

Amala Shankar

India

Ganeshan Pillai

India

Tanjavur K.P. Sivanandam

K. Venkatalakshmamma

Mysore, India

GEN 5Generation 5(86)

Rukmini Devi Arundale

Chennai, India

20 students ↓

K. P. Kittappa Pillai

Thanjavur, India

36 students ↓

Ram Gopal

Bangalore, India

6 students ↓

K.J. Govindarajan

Delhi, India

28 students ↓

Pandanallur Chokkalingam Pillai

Chennai, India

5 students ↓

Baroda Guru Kubernath Tanjorkar

Vadodara, India

13 students ↓

Karaikkal Dandayudhapani Pillai

Chennai, India

4 students ↓

Pichaiyya Pillai

Thanjavur, India

3 students ↓

GEN 6Generation 6(188)

Adyar K Lakshman

Chennai, India

18 students ↓

C.V. Chandrasekhar

Chennai, India

9 students ↓

Leela Samson

Chennai, India

15 students ↓

Chandu Panikkar

Chennai, India

4 students ↓

Khagendranath Barman

Kolkata, India

9 students ↓

Sarada Hoffman

Chennai, India

8 students ↓

Shanta Dhananjayan

Chennai, India

5 students ↓

Kamala Rani

Long Island, New York, India

4 students ↓

GEN 7Generation 7(159)

Ramli Ibrahim

Kulalumpur, Malaysia

16 students ↓

Dr Chandrabhanu

Melbourne, Australia

13 students ↓

Mavin Khoo

London, United Kingdom

13 students ↓

C.P. Shanta

Chennai, India

4 students ↓

Roja Kannan

Chennai, India

7 students ↓

Ambika N.

Chennai, India

5 students ↓

Jayanthi Subramaniam

Chennai, India

2 students ↓

M.S. Ramadevi

Secunderabad, India

2 students ↓

GEN 8Generation 8(173)

Abiramavalli

Malaysia

Divya Lee Nair

Malaysia

Geethika Sree

Malaysia

Harenthiran Pulingam

Malaysia

January Low

Odissi

Jyotsna

Malaysia

Michelle Chang

Malaysia

Nishah Govind Kumar

Malaysia

GEN 9Generation 9(13)

Poornema Ramasamy

Bharatanatyam

Sarah Elizabeth Watford

Bharatanatyam

Shefali Emmanuel

Bharatanatyam

Margi Vijayan

India

Moogambigai

India

Aanya

India

Devika

India

Dharini Nandish

India

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Lineage Stats

Generations

636

Total Descendants

Direct Shishyas

Countries Reached

Lineage Overview

636Shishyas

Gen 10%

Gen 21%

Gen 31%

Gen 41%

Gen 514%

Gen 630%

Gen 725%

Gen 827%

Gen 92%

✦This lineage spreads across 21 countries.
✦Bharatanatyam is the primary style.
✦Avg. 635.0 students per direct shishya.
✦This lineage is 9 generations deep.

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A foremost nattuvanar of the Thanjavur lineage who developed the art of dance at the Brihadeeswara (Great) Temple, Thanjavur, and composed the Navasandhi Kauthuvam. His family moved to Thanjavur from Tirunelveli during the reign of the Maratha king Tulaja II.

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