Melattur Bhagavata Mela, BHAGAVATA MELA NATYA NATAKA SANGAM

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Sri.V.Ganesa Iyer's Family

G Swaminathan as Hiranyakasipu

Father (Kalaimamani G. Swaminathan) & Son (Kalaimamani S. Natarajan) as Hiranyakasipu & Leelavathi, 1965

Father (G. Swaminathan) & Son (S. Natarajan) as Hiranyakasipu & Leelavathi, 1965

Father (Kalaimamani G.Swaminathan) & then Son (Kalaimamani S.Kumar) as Hiranyakasipu since1941

Father (G.Swaminathan) & then Son (S.Kumar) as Hiranyakasipu since 1941

Sri Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Melattur about 55 years ago

Sri Varadaraja Perumal Temple,
Melattur
about 55 years ago

Few great persons who stood like pillars of Bhagavata Mela such as V.Ganesa Iyer, Ramani Iyer, G.Krishnamoorthy Sarma, Appilai Suppuni Iyer, Pisuvati R.Sundaram Iyer, M.R.Krishnamoorthy, G.Swaminathan, S.Natarajan of the past and R.Ganesan, S.Kumar, his brothers and few others

Few great persons who stood like pillars of Bhagavata Mela such as V.Ganesa Iyer, Ramani Iyer, G.Krishnamoorthy Sarma, Appillai Suppuni Iyer, Pisuvati R.Sundaram Iyer, M.R.Krishnamoorthy, G.Swaminathan, S.Natarajan of the past and R.Ganesan, S.Kumar, his brothers and few others

Kalaimamani G.Swaminathan as Hiranyakasipu in Prahlada Charitam

Dr.Swarnamalya Ganesh, Chennai found this in New York Public Library and an Article Under Natya - Bhagavata Mela Nataka - A Special Edition

Rare and Precious picture of Kalaimamani G.Swaminathan as Hiranyakasipu in Prahlada Charitam

Dr.Swarnamalya Ganesh, Chennai found this in New York Public Library and an Article Under Natya - 'Bhagavata Mela Nataka' - A Special Edition.
Looking at the picture and the character of Prahladan by S.Kumar's elder brother, S.Krishnamoorthy alias Kannan, this might have been taken somewhere around 1965/66