Evening bharatanatyam performance at the Nandhikeswara temple. This temple seems to want to make room for all those up and coming and established in the arts to perform. Dewan wanted to introduce us to the man who runs a shop and teaches bharatanaytam (as someone who could help us understand history etc. better) but we had to leave. We end up meeting Vadivelou sir later and seeing him dance at Lalit’s Garden on “Day 0” of the Draupadi Amman temple’s Vizha, some months later. His work and research are on dance forms and motifs. There are amazingly grounded, rooted, well-informed and researched people in all corners of Pondicherry. He runs a footwear shop on MG road close to the temple.