Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai
Bharatanatyam Performer • Teacher • Guru • Nattuvanar
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Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1910–1991) was a highly renowned Indian Bharatanatyam guru, nattuvanar, and choreographer, celebrated for establishing the distinctive Vazhuvoor bani (style) of Bharatanatyam. Born on December 24, 1910, in Vazhuvoor village, Tamil Nadu, into an Isai Vellalar family with a hereditary lineage of dance accompanists and nattuvanars, he…
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Awards & Honors
- Natya Kala Kesari (1948)
- Isai Perarignar (1961)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1966)
- Padma Shri (1972)
- Kalaimamani
- Kala Sikhamani
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