Sometime in the 16th Century, a group of people from Bellary in Karnataka, migrated to Tamil Nadu. They brought with them something precious: their song and dance. “Devarattalu, their folk dance form, ...

For half a century, ‘Master’ Kannan Kumar has been on a mission — to spread the word on the Tamil dance form of Devarattam. The 73-year-old, who claims to have taught 75,000 people so far, says he ...