Postal Address
119, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai-600004
Phone : +91 44 24994460, +91 98410 22533
Fax :
Email : sudharani.raghupathy@gems.vsnl.net.in
Websites : www.kutcheribuzz.com/embrochures/sudharani
Personal Details
| Date of Birth/Age |
March 21, 1944 |
| Education |
» B.A. (Philosophy and Sociology) Mysore University
» Special study in Fine Arts in USA (1964)
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| Field of expertise |
Bharatanatyam - performing artiste, choreographer, senior Guru in Bharatanatyam |
| Academic/Professional activities |
First Indian student (1964-65) at the Ramdolph Macons’ Women College, Virginia (USA) and sponsored as an international student Sudharani Raghupathy majored in World History of Dance, studio arts, and the Martha Graham technique in Modern Dance.
Acclaimed as a ‘living legend’ Sudharani Raghupathy has been in the field of Bharatanatyam for more than five and a half decades. She has the rare distinction of having performed before the visiting dignitaries to India since 1956 and having given a command performance for Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Smt. Indira Gandhi (1955). On an invitation from the UN SECRETARY General Kurt Waldheim (1981) she performed on the Human Rights Day at United Nations, New York. Sangeet Natak Academy has recorded her ‘Navasandhi’ Nritta (1981-82). Her dance-dramas – ‘Ramayana’, ‘Krishna Vande Jagat Gurum’, ‘Shakthi Prabhavam’, ‘Vande Guham Umasutham’, ‘Ekameva Nadvayam’, and ‘Shankara Loka Shanka’ among many others have been acclaimed world over.
Her ‘Ramayana – Balakanda’ was documented as a video cassette by Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi and was released by Shankaracharya of Kanchi Jayendra Saraswathi Swamiji (1993). As an outstanding artistic contribution to Bharatanatyam, Sudharani Raghupathy has produced and directed a TV serial (first TV serial on dance) in 21 episodes screened on Doordarshan
Performing artist, choreographer and senior guru in Bharatanatyam, Sudharani Raghupathy is also a member of the Society of National Council for Science Museums, Committee on National Policy on Culture, and Programme Advisory Committee for Doordarshan Kendra, Chennai
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| Name of the institution(s) you associated with |
Founder-trustee of Shree Bharatalaya, Chennai (1970) |
| Honours/Awards/Fellowships,etc. |
» NATYA KALA SARATHY Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Madras (2002)
» NATYA KALASSHIKAMANI the Indian Fine Arts Society (2001)
» KALASHREE Nrithya Kala Parishad, Bangalore (1999)
» NATYA KALAMANI Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam (1999)
» SAPTHAGIRI SANGEETHA VIDWANMANI Thyagaraja Festival Committee, Tirupathi (1996)
» PADMASHRI (1988)
» CENTRAL SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI AWARD (1985)
» KALAIMAMANI Tamilnadu State Academy Award (1980)
» LALITHA KALA RATNA Lalitha Kala Academy, Mysore
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| Books/Articles authored |
'Laghu Bharatham' - volumes 1,2,3 - handbooks on Bharatanatyam
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| Any association with foreign institution(s) |
Senior teaching associate at Colgate University, New York, U.S.A.
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| Any other information |
Former Vice-Chairman, CCRT, New Delhi (1999-2002 |
