 He performed for dance as much as he performed pure music.His repertoire was wide and we may well have heard the last of many of the songs that he used to perform, in particular the songs of Muthuthandavar which were set to music by Swaminathan Pillai, and a host of Padams, Javalis and Tillanas that were the property of the Dhanammal family.He trained a number of students in India and abroad to sing, but just one student, T.R.