The Kauvtuam means ​praise to a certain Supreme Being or Holy Person. The Kauvtuam is a concept of the grandfather of the Tanjore Quartet brothers, Guru Gangaimuthu (1737-1798) and belongs to a group of five Kauvtuams named Pancha Murthi Kauvtuam and in earlier days presented in the Bhrahadesvarar temple in Tanjore on the day of Aruda Darsanam festival. The young Shiva poet-saint Sambandar lived during the 7th Century in Tamil Nadu-South India. He was an exceptional human with certain mystical powers. With two other great poet-saints, Appar and Sundarar, they wrote many poems dedicated to Lord Shiva and those poems are collected into the Tevaram. The Sambandar music composition is another brilliant musical work and powerful choreographic work from the source of Bharata Natyam, added to the exclusive Tanjore Quartet Bharata Natyam repertoire by the late Nattuvanar-Guru Prof. K. P. Kittappa Pillai (1913-1999), performed by his last disciples the master-artist-brothers Ram Kishna and Suresh Kishna in collaboration with Tanjore Guru Mr. K. P. K Chandrasekaran (Nattuvangam who plays the Talam, the small cymbals and recites the vocalised rhythmical syllables, Solkattoes) and special trained Bharata Natyam vocalists Ms. Saraswati Sankaranarayan from Chennai. The singer is trained to render the song according the choreographic artwork which supports the dance artists to blend the music and choreography as Guru Kittappa Pillai would say "making music and dance inseparable", one of the main features of the original traditional school of Bharata Natyam which is now disappeared in the mainstream Bharata Natyam performances due to many reasons. Venue: CRIPA Kalabhumi Auroville Tamil Nadu, India. Costume Objet D'Art • Styling • Set Design: KISHNA BROS RAM & SURESH Set in collaboration with Auroville Papers, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India