K. P. Kittappa Pillai, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian choreographer and singer
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About K. P. Kittappa Pillai
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- Kittappa Pillai (5 May 1913 – 1999) was the son of Sangita Kalanidhi Sri K.
- Ponniah Pillai, a scion of the famous Tanjore Quartet, codifiers of the Bharatanatyam format.
- Those celebrated brothers were born into a nattuvanar family and were trained in music by Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar.
- They went on to become asthana vidwans in the various South Indian courts.
- Chinniah (b.
- 1802) took bharathanatyam to the Wodeyar court at Mysore; Ponniah (b.
- 1804) and Sivanandam (b.
- 1808) stayed in Tanjavur, under Maratha patronage; and Vadivelu (b.
- 1810), who adapted the violin for use in Carnatic music, also created the form of Mohiniattam at the request of the Maharaja of Travancore, Swati Tirunal.
- The brothers codified the basic bharathanatyam adavus, developed the margam (from alarippu to tillana) as we know it today, composed an impressive number of alarippus, jatiswarams, kavituvams, sabdams, varnams, padams, javalis, kirtanais, and tillanas and in brief, transformed both the temple and court presentation of sadir, as this form was then known. K.P.
- Kittappa Pillai began his career as a vocalist having been trained by his own father Sri Ponniah Pillai and flourished in that sphere for some time.
- As a direct disciple of his maternal grandfather, the veteran Nattuvanar Pandanallur Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai, Kittappa Pillai established himself as a versatile Nattuvanar during the major part of his career.
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