Kalanidhi Narayanan
Bharatanatyam Performer
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Kalanidhi Narayanan (born Kalanidhi Ganapathi on December 7, 1928, in Madras, British India, and passed away on February 21, 2016, in Chennai, India) was a revered Indian classical dancer and an iconic guru of Bharatanatyam, particularly celebrated for her mastery and teaching of Abhinaya (the art of expression). She was among the first non-devadasi Brahmin…
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- Padma Bhushan (1985)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Bharatanatyam (1990)
- Emeritus Fellowship of the Department of Culture
- Government of India (1990)
- Nrithya Choodamani from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (1990)
- Kalaimamani award from Govt of Tamil Nadu (1990)
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