Question 2: Swaminathan, a Palghat Iyer, and Ammu
Swaminathan who belonged to a famous ________ family called Vadakkath near Aanakkara close
to Pattambi in present-day
Palakkad district of
central Kerala.
Question 4: She
is the founder director of the Darpana Academy of
Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance,
drama, music and puppetry, in the city of ________.
Question 8: On returning
to India, she began her training in the south Indian classical
dance form of ________ under Meenakshi Sundaram
Pillai and the classical dance-drama of Kathakali under the legendary Guru Thakazhi
Kunchu Kurup.