Dr.Padma Subramanian's Lecdem on Influence of Tanjore Big Temple

What would happen to the workmen when they try to remove several feet of piled of bat excreta (Vavvaal Puzukkai) accumulated over a period of around 1000 years? Some of them fainted. Some of them even blood vomited due to the gas release, while removing the cakes of excreta. But their hard work paid dividends to the dance lovers. After few months of cleaning, beautiful sculptures of dancing Siva were found on the walls of Tanjore Big Temple.


Dr.Padma Subramanian was explaining her personal experiences while demonstrating on “The influence of Tanjore Big Temple on Dance” at Music Academy on 21st Dec (9-10 am).

She also mentioned that an unknown passage was accidently discovered by one Balakrishnan, an employee of Archeological Survey of India (ASI), while removing some weeds in the Vimana of the temple in 1956, which finally led to the discovery of 81dance sculptures. The then ASI Joint Director-General T.N. Ramachandran, identified the sculptures as 81 of the 101 Karanas portrayed in the Natya Sastra.

RTPs at Music Academy -2010

Date Time Vidwan Raga of RTP



16.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm K.Hariprasad Vachaspathi

16.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Manda Sudharani Purvi Kalyani

17.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am B.Kannan Dharmavathi

17.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Savitha Narasimhan Dhanyasi

17.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Kunnakkudi Balamuralikrishna Suruti

18.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am Bombay Sisters Purvi Kalyani

18.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Prasanna Venkatraman Gowri Manohari

18.12.2010 4.15-6.45 pm O.S.Thiagarajan Bhairavi

18.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Dr.Panthula Rama Kapi

19.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am R.K.Srikantan Shanmugapriya

19.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Sumithra Nithin Kalyani

20.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am Neela Ramgopal Simhendra Madyamam

20.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Sankari Krishnan Madhyamavathi

20.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Prema Rangrajan Hemavathi

21.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am Trichur Ramachandran Karaharapriya

21.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Sherthal Renganatha Sharma Kapi

21.12.2010 4.15-6.45 pm S.Sowmya Saramathi

21.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Ravikiran Karaharapriya

23.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm R.Suryaprakash Kambhoji

23.12.2010 7-9.30 pm U.Srinivas Natabhairavi

24.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am Geetha Rajasekar Madhyamavathi

24.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm K.Gayatri Ramapriya

24.12.2010 4.15-6.45 pm Nithyashree Mahadevan Kalyana Vasantham

24.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Lalgudi Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi Hamsanandhi

25.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm T.N.S.Krishna Kalyani & Lalitha

25.12.2010 4.15-6.45 pm Ranjani & Gayatri Dwijavanthi

25.12.2010 7-9.30 pm E.Gayathri Suddha Dhanyasi

26.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Nisha Rajagopal Kambhoji

26.12.2010 7-9.30 pm B.V.Balasai Nasika Bhooshani

27.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am T.S.Sankaran & J.A.Jayanth Bhairavi

27.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Sumitha Vasudev Karaharapriya

27.12.2010 4.15-6.45 pm P.Unnikrishnan Thodi

27.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Dr.Jayanthi Kumaresh Charukesi

28.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Iyer Brothers Ramnath & Gopinath Sankarabharanam

28.12.2010 7-9.30 pm S.Saketharaman Hamsanandhi

29.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am Maharajapuram S.Ramachandran Madhyamavathi

29.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Amirtha Murali Bilahari

29.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Srivalsan Menon Purvi Kalyani

30.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am Suguna Purushothaman Keeravani

30.12.2010 1.45-3.45 pm Calkutta Vijayaraghavan Shanmugapriya

30.12.2010 7-9.30 pm Abhishek Rahuram Hamsavinodhini

31.12.2010 9.15-11.45 am Palai Ramachandran Shanmugapriya

31.12.2010 4.15-6.45 pm Gayathri Girish Lathangi

Carnatic Musicians who broght name and fame to their towns

1 Akkarai Subbulakshmi



2 Alathur Brothers


3 Alleppy Krishnan


4 Anayampatti Ganesan


5 Annavarappu


6 Ariyakkudi Ramanauja Iyengar


7 Ayyalur Krishnan


8 Banagalore Ramani Ammal


9 Bangalore Amrit


10 Bombay Jayashree


11 Chembai Vaidyanatha Bagavathar


12 Cuddalore Subramanian


13 Damal K.Pattammal


14 Erode Gururajan


15 Erode Nagaraj


16 Hyderabad Brothers


17 Hyderabad Sisters


18 Injikkudi Brothers


19 Kadri Gopalnath


20 Kalakkadu Ramnarayana Iyer


21 Kaniyur Narasimhan


22 Karaikudi R Mani


23 Kovai B Dakshinamurthy


24 Kovai Balu


25 Kudanthai Sisters


26 Kunnakkudi Bala


27 Kunnakkudi Balamuralikrishna


28 Kunnakkudi Vaidyanathan


29 Lagudi Gopala Iyer


30 Lagudi Jayaraman


31 Madurai G.S.Mani


32 Madurai Mani Iyer


33 Madurai Shanmugavadivu


34 Madurai Sundar


35 Maharajapuram Ramachandran


36 Maharajapuram Santhanam


37 Maharajapuram Srinivasan


38 Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer


39 Malladi Brothers


40 Mambalam Sisters


41 Mambalam Siva


42 Mannargudi Easwaran


43 Mayavaram Sisters


44 Melakkaviri Balaji


45 Musiri Subramania Iyer


46 Mysore Nagamani Srinath


47 Nagai Mugunthan


48 Nagai Sriram


49 Namagiripettai Krishnan


50 Nedhunoori Krishnamoorthi


51 Neyveli Santhanagopalan


52 Neyyanttinkara Vasudevan


53 Palladam Sanjeevarrao


54 Pattanam Subramanya Iyer


55 Prapancham Seetharaman


56 Pudhukkottai Dakshinamurthi


57 Rudhrapatnam Brothers


58 Salem Desikan


59 Sembanarkoil Brothers


60 Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer


61 Sengalipuram Anantharama Dikshidhar


62 Serugudi Sisters


63 Sikkil Gurucharan


64 Sikkil Mala Chandrasehar


65 Sikkil Sisters


66 Soolamangalam Sisters


67 Soolamangalam Vaidyanatha Bagavathar


68 Sreevanchiyam


69 Srimushnam Raja Rao


70 Thirupambaram Brothers


71 Thiruvarur Bakthavachalam


72 Thiruveezimalai Brothers


73 Trichi Sankaran


74 Trichur Brothers


75 Trichur Ramachandran


76 Trivavaduthurai Rajarathinam Pillai


77 Udayalur Kalyanaraman


78 Umayalpuram Sivaraman


79 Vellore Ramabadhran

Please let me know if I have missed out some names.