Little did the 71-year-old man with rhythm in his body imagine that something that he got himself immersed in would fetch him the Padmashri award in 2021. “I have myself got recognition but there is a desire in me to teach people the dance and explain to outsiders how what goes into it,” Kakanaraju says. He wants to set up this facility in his village – Marlavai in Jainoor mandal of Komarambheem Asifabad district.