Nadamrutham - An Ode to Diksha by Dr. Lata

A disciple’s tribute, Vidushi Dr. Lata Surendra’s Bharatanatyam margam honours her guru, the legendary Vidwan Kalaimamani Shri T. S. Kadirvelu Pillai, through rare compositions, rhythm, and silence.

Every tradition carries a quiet inheritance. In Bharatanatyam, it lives in the wisdom of gurus who shaped the form and in the disciples who carry their voices forward. ‘Nadamrutham’—the nectar of sound, the essence of all music—is Vidushi Dr. Lata Surendra’s way of revisiting that legacy, not as nostalgia, but as a living dialogue between rhythm, melody, silence, and movement.

Structured as a margam, the evening presents rare compositions of Kalaimamani Vidwan Shri T.S. Kadirvelu Pillai, a visionary who awakened people to a fresh perspective of cross-rhythmic techniques in Bharatanatyam in Mumbai. For Dr. Lata—performer, choreographer, and mentor for over six decades—it is both offering and awakening, a return to silence as the source of sound, and stillness as the pulse of dance.

Together with her ensemble, she invites audiences to an evening where Bharatanatyam becomes remembrance, renewal, and reverence.

This performance is supported by Reliance Foundation.

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