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The Dance India February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 # Kuchipudi, #anupamamohan, #bala kondala rao, #manju bhargavi, #SNAAWARDEE, #sobha naidu, #the dance india, #The Kuchipudi Legend, #thedanceindia, #Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastry, #Vempati Chinna Satyam, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #vikram kumar, #Vikram Kumar Bathina

Master Vempati: The Kuchipudi Legend

Text: Paul Nicodemus Today, Kuchipudi enjoys proper classical status thanks to the efforts of a legendary personality. He took Kuchipudi

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The Dance India February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 #kalanidhi, #Kalanidhi Narayanan, #Padma Bhushan awardees, #SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI, #vikram goud, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #Vikram Kumar Bathina, Dance india, The Dance India, vikram goud, Vikram Goud bathina, Vikram Kumar, Vikram Kumar Bathina

Kalanidhi: A Treasure Trove of Abhinaya

Text: Paul Nicodemus Kalanidhi Narayanan was one of the greatest representatives and teachers of the art of Abhinaya. She was

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The Dance India February 25, 2023February 25, 2023 #Monk, #Swami Vivekananda, #the dance india, #Vikram Goud Bathina, #Vikram Kumar Bathina, Dance india, The Dance India, vikram goud, Vikram Goud bathina, Vikram Kumar, Vikram Kumar Bathina

The Empowering Monk of India : Swamy Vivekananda

‘If you want to know India, study Swami Vivekananda’- Ravindranath Tagore A prolific thinker, great orator, passionate patriot, Hindu monk

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The Dance India August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 #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

The Story of Dr Maya Rao

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

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The Dance India August 13, 2021August 13, 2021 #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

A Luminary Violin Virtuoso

‘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 Dance India July 21, 2021July 25, 2021 #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

The Sun never sets in Rukmini’s Empire

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

Girish Karnad: An Unconventional Colossus

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

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The Dance India November 28, 2020November 28, 2020 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

A Social History of Thiruvalluvar’s Age

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

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

Annamayya’s life and lyrical saga

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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The Dance India November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 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

A Gem of a Kind- Maharaja Swathi Thirunal

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

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