K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai
Bharatanatyam Performer
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K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai is a renowned Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer, born in 1932 in Thiruvidaimarudur, Tamil Nadu, India. He belongs to an eighth-generation traditional nattuvanar lineage of Tamil Nadu, a family of hereditary dance teachers. Pillai is a torchbearer of the Thanjavur bani (style) of Bharatanatyam, known for its structured…
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- Padma Shri (2023)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Kalaimamani Award
- Best Teacher and Choreographer Award
- Sarngadeva Fellowship of the Sursingar Samsad (1988)
- Nadhabrahmam (2016)
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