GURU G. VASANT KUMAR

Guru G. Vasant Kumar, son of Kalaimamai Guru A.T. Govindraj Pillai, founder of Sri Rajarajeshwari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir, hails from the family of traditional Natyacharyas (Dance Teachers) representing the seventh generation of a legacy of ancestors patronized by King Serfoji of Thanjavur, the royal courts of Baroda and Ramanathapuram. He has imbibed this great art form from his grand-father, Bharatha Vidwan Guru Kuppiah Pillai, father Kalaimamai Guru A.T. Govindraj Pillai, mother G.Karunambal and his maternal uncles Kalaimamai Guru T.K. Mahalingam Pillai & Kalaimamai Guru Kalyanasundaram.

Currently as one of the Directors of the Kala Mandir Guru Vasant Kumar has trained many students and has conducted innumerable programs both in India & abroad, to name a few :

• Switzerland,
• The middle East, Dubai, Sharjah, Muscat
• The United States of America.
• He has presented the disciples of the Kala Mandir at many National Festivals in major cities like New Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai, Chandigarh, Bangalore, Mysore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Bahvnagar, Nagpur, Nasik, Pune.
• Has a very unique style of presentation & is credited to be the first to sing a jathi in a particular raga format for a Jathiswaram.
• Has contributed immensely to the art of Bharatha Natyam through his imaginative choreography.