Yamini Krishnamurthy was born on December 20, 1940, in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh. She is a graceful Bharata Natyam dancer. She was a student at Rukmini Devi Arundale’s Kalakshetra, a leading school for the dance form and learned the basic skills and studied under the famous dancer, Kanchipuram Ellapa Pilai and Thanjavur Kittappa Pillai. Her first […]
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Date of Birth: 16 September, 1916 Place of Birth: Madurai, Tamil Nadu Birth Name: Kunjamma Date of Death: 11 December, 2004 Place of Death: Chennai, Tamil Nadu Profession: Carnatic singer Spouse: Kalki Sadasivam Father: SubramaniaIyer Mother: Shanmu kavadiver Ammal Awards: Bharat Ratna, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award The flawless singer, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi is the first singer to be presented with India’s […]
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Ustad Allarakha Khan was fascinated with tabla right from the age of 12. He was born on April 29, 1919 in Jammu. He ran away to be a disciple of Mian Qader Baksh from Punjab Gharana, who introduced him to music. From Ustad Ashiq Ali Khan he learned Raag Vidya’.He worked very hard and practiced […]
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Vempati Chinna Satyam The Kuchipudi dance form was popularized by the legendary dancer named Vempati Chinna Satyam. He was born in a family of dancers in Kuchipudi a small village in AP on 26th October, 1929. He started being trained in Kuchipudi at an early age of nine through Sri Vedantam Lakshmi Narayana Sastry and […]
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Pandit Birju Maharaj was born on February 4, 1937. He is a legendary Kathak dancer. He hails from a family of dance masters of the Lucknow gharana. His uncles namely Shambu and Lacchu Maharaj, and his father Acchan Maharaj were all well-known Kathak dancers. Pandit Birju Maharaj is also an accomplished vocalist. Pandit Birju […]
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Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao was a not only popular South Indian singer and music composer for Telugu films and few other Indian language films. He bagged the Padmashree award. For 25 years, he was the voice of Telugu films. And playback singer for Telugu movies. His father Gantasala Suryayaa was a local singer`. His maternal uncle […]
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