"“At least Bharatanatyam is now world famous, with thousands of new votaries. What about Koodiyattam?.....I have done …"

""My own people condemned my action (performing Koothu and Kutiyattam outside the precincts of the temples), Once, aft…"

""It is not the favourable conditions, but most deprived circumstances that mould an artist” - about the struggles tha…"

"“Mani Madhava Chakyar when he portrayed Arjuna on the first evening and Ravana on the second, showed himself a master…"

"“When i say Abhinaya, oh, I can't do the abhinaya like what the great man did here yesterday” - Great Bharatanatyam d…"

"“Mani Madhava Chakyar was the personification of all the greatness of this rich Indian classical art tradition” - Kap…"

"“He had his own style. He could convey his thoughts through expressions. His eye movement was superb!” Birju Maharaj-…"

"“the greatest eye-wizard of the world!” - Stella Kramrisch - Curator of Indian Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA, …"

"“No one is like the Emperor of Abhinaya- Mani Madhava Chakyar, and there won't be any” - Prof. Maria Christopher Byrs…"

"“This is the first award I received...In fact, I consider this priceless. This was presented to me by Sri. Godavarma …"