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| Adakkaputhur of Vellinezhi, an interior village in
Palakkad district of Kerala has amazingly produced most of the Kathakali
maestros of Kalluvazhi tradition. |
| Bharatanatyam teacher Neela Balasubramanyam’s first student was her youngest sister Rajee Narayan of Nrithya Geetanjali, Mumbai. |
| Chavara Parukutty is a Dalit and the only woman who has completed 50 years as a Kathakali dancer. |