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The Story of Dr Maya Rao

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 The Dance India #Chitra Venugopal, #Kathak, #Keremane Shivananda Hegde, #mayarao, #Sai Venkatesh, #suparna venkatesh, #the dance india, #thedanceindia, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

Text: Chitra Venugopal, sister of Dr Maya Rao “Sanjiva Villa” is the name of the place where the story begins.

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A Luminary Violin Virtuoso

August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 The Dance India #Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu, #Carnatic Music, #dance india, #Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, #Fiddle Naidu, #Sangameshwara Sastry, #the dance india, #thedanceindia, #VAK Ranga Rao, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina, #Violin

‘Fiddle’ Naidu Text: BR Vikram Kumar Every human is born and then he lives. While trying to live, he makes

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The Sun never sets in Rukmini’s Empire

July 21, 2021July 25, 2021 The Dance India #Bharatnatyam Dancer, #Dr. Annie Besant, #Dr. George Sydney Arundale, #Kalakshetra, #Rukminidevi Arundale, #Sunil Kothari, #the dance india, #thedanceindia, #Theosophical Society, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina, #VP. Dhananjayans

Rukmini’s reformed style of Bharatanatyam is performed at any point of time in the world. It is said by the

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Girish Karnad: An Unconventional Colossus

December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 The Dance India Girish Karnad, indian actor, Kannada theatre, Karnataka University, Pattabhirama Reddy, Politics and Economics, Rhodes Scholar, Samskara, The Dance India, Tughlaq, vikram goud, Yayati

Text: G Ulaganathan, a senior journalist and dance critic based in Bengaluru Pics: Sangeet Natak Akademi Library As one walks

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A Social History of Thiruvalluvar’s Age

November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 The Dance India Chennai, Dr Rajendreian, Dr S Chellappa, Lord Buddha, Lord Mahavira, Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu, S. Kasi Pandian, The Dance India, Thiruvalluvar, TP Meenakshisundaram, vikram goud

Text By : Dr S Chellappa , Dr Rajendreian Thiruvalluvar, also popularly known as Valluvar, was a Tamil poet. Unlike

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Annamayya’s life and lyrical saga

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 The Dance India #annamacharyakeetanalu, Annamayya, Dr. Anupama Kailash, Dwaraka Tirumala, Rigveda, Tallapaka, The Dance India, Vaishnavism, vikram goud

Text Contributed by Dr. Anupama Kailash Kuchipudi Exponent The Sangitaratnakara of Sarngadeva observes that man can achieve all the four

SWATHI THIRUNAL

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A Gem of a Kind- Maharaja Swathi Thirunal

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 The Dance India Carnatic and Hindustani music, Gowri Lakshmi Bayi, Irayimman Thampi, Maharaja Swathi Thirunal, Maharaja’s government free school, Maliyekkal Krishna Marar, Mukundaram and Nandaram two experts on Veena, music composer, Parameswara Bhagavatar, Parvathi Bayi, Shadkaala Govinda Marar, Thanjavur Subba Rao, Travancore

The Maharaja of the Kingdom of Travancore, a brilliant music composer both in Carnatic and Hindustani, born in the

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee – Epitome of Indian Culture

October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 The Dance India Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Jawaharlal Nehru, Nataraj music and dance academy, politician, Saraswati Shishu Mandir, The Dance India, United Nations General Assembly's, vikram goud, Vikram Kumar

Text: Anup Attavar, an author, teacher and motivator The United Nations General Assembly’s 32nd session in 1977 had forever been

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Bharata Kala Prapoorna Vedantam Raghavaiah (1919-1971)

October 10, 2020October 12, 2020 The Dance India ##solodance, #accompine, #adabratuku, #akkineni, #akkineninageswarrao, #allindiaclassicaldance, #andhrapradesh, #anuradhajonalagadda, #artindiafoundation, #artist, #awards, #bhagavatamelam, #bhagavatamelamkuchipudi, #bharata, #bharatakalaprapoorna, #celebrations, #centenary, #chandramati, #chidrole, #child, #childartist, #chiranjeevulu, #choreographed, #cinema, #dadasahebphalkeaward, #dancedirector, #dancer, #devadasu, #director, #distinction, #districtcollector, #dsv, #dsvsastry, #goldmedal, #hindi, #hyderabad, #inauguration, #india, #indianarts, #indianclassicaldance, #kalyanam, #kannada, #kuchipudi, #kumar, #kusa, #languages, #lasyakalpafoundation, #lava, #lavakusa, #leelavathi, #madras, #master, #mayabazar, #mayalokam, #medal, #mohini, #movie, #music, #nageswarrao, #performance, #photoexhibition, #prahalada, #prest, #raghavaiah, #rama, #ravindrabharathi, #sangeethnatakakademi, #sasirekha, #savithri, #seeta, #seetarama, #seetaramakalyanam, #suit, #suvarnasundari, #swarnamanjari, #tamil, #telugu, #telugucinema, #telugumovies, #thanjavur, #tyagaraju, #unique, #uniqueartist, #usha, #vedantam, #vedantham, #vikrakumar, #vikram, #vikramgoud, #yakshaganas

Text By: Paul Nicodemus Vedantam Raghavaiah is a highly distinguished and towering personality among the Kuchipudi practitioners, who earned immense

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The Margazhi Music and Dance Season

October 7, 2020July 25, 2021 The Dance India 0 Comments Dance, Indian fine arts, Lakshmi Viswanathan, Margazhi, Music Academy

Text: ‘Nritya Kalanidhi’ Lakshmi Viswanathan When Chennai was Madras, the migrant population from the temple towns of Tamil Nadu brought