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ఇతనికి భార్య రుక్మిణీ అమ్మాళ్ ముగ్గురు కుమారులు, ఇద్దరు కుమార్తెలు ఉన్నారు. ఇతడు తన ఇద్దరు మనుమరాళ్ళు జి.వసుమతి, జి.వనితలకు శిక్షణనిచ్చి నృత్య కళాకారిణులుగా తయారు చేశాడు. ఇతని శిష్యురాళ్ళలో [[అలర్మేల్ వల్లి]], మీనాక్షి చిత్తరంజన్ మొదలైనవారున్నారు.
ఇతడు తన 94వ యేట [[2008]] [[మే 12]]వ తేదీన మరణించాడు.
==మూలాలు==
Pandanallur Subbaraya Pillai, a well known Bharatanatyam guru, passed away on May 12 2008
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He was the first student who directly studied dance from the legendary dance guru Pandanallur Meenakshisundaram Pillai.
Subbaraya Pillai was 94.
He was a descendant of the Thanjavur Quartet and was the son of guru
Subbaraya Pillai had the good fortune to learn dance from his father and from the great Meenakshisundaram Pillai.
That made him a sought-after dance guru.
Among the many awards he was decorated with the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi award.
Among his well known sishyas were Alarmel Valli and Meenakshi Chittaranjan
Pandanallur C. Subbaraya Pillai December 7, 1914 - May 12, 2008
Pandanallur C. Subbaraya Pillai (December 7, 1914 - May 12, 2008) to Chokkalingam Pillai and Sengammal in the village of Pandanallur, which is in the Tanjavur district.
Subbaraya Pillai, together with his father Chokkalingam Pillai (1893-1968), and his grandfather Minakshisundaram Pillai (1869-1954) are the creators and repository of the Pandanallur style of Bharathanatyam.
These three Gurus had a direct access to the Tanjore Quartet compositions as part of their family heritage. Minakshisundaram Pillai inherited this knowledge from a relative on his mother's side called Kumarasamy nattuvanar, who in turn was trained by one of the descendants of the Tanjore Quartet.
Subbaraya Pillai spent his childhood and adolescence as an apprentice nattuvanar training in the home and school of his grandfather Minakshisundaram Pillai.
Later, he came with his father, Chokkalingam Pillai, to Madras and jointly taught with him at a school at Egmore in Madras. After his father’s death, he continued to teach at a school in Kilpauk. In his eighties, he retired from his teaching at the school but continued teaching at his home.
His wife’s name is Rukmini Ammal and he has three sons and two daughters. He has trained two of his granddaughters, G. Vasumathy and G. Vanitha, as dancers and nattuvanars. His chief patron was the Zamindar of Periakulam, Mrs. Haripriya Ramabhadran.
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