Padma Subrahmanyam
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Indian classical Bharata Natyam dancer
Padma Subrahmanyam | |
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Gayathri Raghuram (grand-niece) | |
| Awards | Padma Shri (1981) Padma Bhushan (2003) Padma Vibhushan (2024) |
| Website | padmadance |
Padma Subrahmanyam (born 4 February 1943, in Madras), is an Indian classical
Bharata Natyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, teacher, Indologist and author. She is famous in India as well as abroad; several films and documentaries have been made in her honor by countries such as Japan, Australia and Russia. She is well known as the developer and founder of the dance form Bharata Nrithyam.[1][2][3]
Life and career
Padma Subrahmanyam was born to
Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai.[1][2][3] She started teaching dance at a very young age of 14 at her father's dance school. She felt that there was a gap between history, theory and dance and started doing her own research.[4] She had her rangapravesha in 1956.[5]
She has taught in Monfort Rukmani Devi, Maharaja Aagarsen and various other schools in the years 2009 to 2011 and imparted knowledge to the children. Padma holds a bachelor's degree in music, a master's degree in
Paramacharya. She has given lectures at various universities in southeast Asia, on the subject of cultural links between India and other countries.[1][3]
Awards
Padma has received Padma Vibhushan in 2024, Padma Bhushan in 2003 and Padma Shri in 1981, which are among the highest civilian awards of India. During her dancing career, she has received more than 100 awards, including;[2][1]
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1983)
- Padma Bhushan (2003)[8]
- Padma Shri (1981)
- Kalaimamani Award from the government of Tamil Nadu
- Kalidas Samman from the federal government of Madhya Pradesh,
- Nishagandhi Puraskaram by the Government of Kerala in 2015,[9]
- Nada Brahmam from Narada Gana Sabha in Chennai,
- Bharata Sastra Rakshamani from the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram .
- Nehru Award (1983) from the Soviet Union
- Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizefrom Japan, for "her contribution to development and harmony in Asia"
References
- ^ a b c d Narthki.com
- ^ a b c Webindia123
- ^ a b c Nrithyodhaya Website
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Classically endowed". Deccan Herald. 15 September 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ a b "The man who put Mahabs on the map". The Times of India. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ "Karanas – Common Dance Codes of India and Indonesia | IGNCA". ignca.gov.in.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Nishagandhi Puraskaram 2014". Kerala Tourism Department. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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