The word Silambam in Tamil was referred to as Samu in Telugu in the Sangita Saramruta of King Tulaja of Tanjore (1729-1735) indicating the practice of dance. It is the name by which Bharatanatyam was known and the dance hall itself was called the 'Silamba Koodam' in the olden days.
It is to continue with the rich heritage of this ancient art and adhere to the strict disciplined teaching in dance present at Shree Bharatalaya, that Dr.Manjula Lusti-Narasimhan founded her Bharatanatyam school named SILAMBAM in Geneva in 1992.
Silambam was started as an alliance of Shree Bharatalaya whose founder trustee is Padmasri Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy and its director, Padmasri Vidwan Madurai Sri N. Krishnan.
