Chandrabhanu’s illustrious career as a professional dance artist spans over thirty years of creative and pioneering work. His charismatic presence, the mystical depth and strength he exudes on stage, as well as his ability to communicate his art to the audience, has given him the status of being a stirring, dynamic and magical artist of the theatre. His great skill, eloquence, style and elegance are combined with depth and intellect to produce a unique artistry blending the elements of aesthetics, mysticism and scholarship. He has performed to high acclaim in India, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, USA, Great Britian and the Netherlands.

He is an equally inspired and visionary guru to his hundreds of dance disciples. In 1973 he established the Chandrabhanu Bharatalaya Academy in Melbourne. To date Chandrabhanu has presented 94 students in their Bharata-Natya arangetrams (solo debut recital). In 1986 he established the Bharatam Dance Company, a fully professional dance ensemble supported by the Australia Council for the Arts and Victorian Ministry for the Arts. The Company functioned for 15 years, until 2000, and toured Australia and internationally.

He has been artistic director of several community dance projects, including those for the City of Melbourne and the City of Fairfield (Sydney), and artist-in-residence at several universities. He held two fellowships at UNIMAS, Sarawak, Malaysia. He was a member of Australia Council Dance Committee for three years. Chandrabhanu was a recipient of the prestigious Monash University Graduate Scholarship and holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree (1981) in Social Anthropology.