page_title: Guru Chandrasekharan
hierarchical_section_title: Guru Chandrasekharan
caption_attribution_description: English: Dace pose of Guru Chandrasekharan
context_page_description: Guru Chandrasekharan was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor of Kathakali. He was born in Trivandrum, India in 1916. His father was N.K. Nair, an artist and notable oil painter. Guru Chandrasekharan held tenure at the Visva Bharati University from 1947 to 1950, where he was a Professor of Classical Dance, focusing on Kathakali.
context_section_description: Guru Chandrasekharan (1916–1998) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor of Kathakali. He was born in Trivandrum, India in 1916. His father was N.K. Nair, an artist and notable oil painter. Guru Chandrasekharan held tenure at the Visva Bharati University (Santiniketan) from 1947 to 1950, where he was a Professor of Classical Dance, focusing on Kathakali.
caption: Guru Chandrasekharan as Shiva in the 1930s
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