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A unique and eminent artiste, nationally and
internationally honoured and respected, Prof.Sudharani Raghupathy is lauded as
living legend. Having completed 60 years in her journey in dance in August 2007,
Sudharani is perhaps one of the rare Bharatanatyam dancers in India who has
performed before the visiting dignitaries to India since 1956. To mention a few
Bulganin Krushchev, Shah of Iran, Emperor of Ethiopia, King of Afghanistan,
Chou en Lai, Ho Chi Mint and many others, including a command performance for
Pandit. Jawaharlal Nehru and Smt. India Gandhi. An A-Top artiste of the
Doordarshan since 1976, her TV Serial Bharatanjali, an appreciation of
Bhartanatyam, the first of its kind on Doordarshan in 1981 (13 episodes in B and
W) and 1989 (8 episodes in Colour), is one of her superior contributions to
dance. As an artiste of outstanding at the United Nations Head Quarters in New
York, on Human Rights Day in December 1981, on an invitation from the then
Secretary-General, kurt Waldheim. She has been awarded the unique honour of
Senior Teaching Associate of Indian Studies (Professor) by the Colgate
University, New York in December 1995. Shree Bharatalaya, an unique institution
of fine arts founded by her in 1970, by Prof.Sudharani Raghupathy, for the
dissemination of culture. Her institution is perhaps the only one of its kind in
the nation that has produced valuable resource material, institution is perhaps
the only one of its kind in the nation that has produced valuable resource
material, which is a unique contribution to the world of fine arts. A few of the
prestigious awards conferred on her include PADMA SHRI (1988), Central Sangeet
Natak Akademi award (1984), Kalaimamani (1981). ** Painkili Vanna (Tamil) -
Thillang - Adi - Nachiyar Thirumozhi, Siruluminchina (Telugu) - Ragamalika -
Misrachaou Verses from Janardhashtakam, Aduvum Solluval (Tamil) - Sourashtram -
Adi - Subbarama Iyer, Yahi Madhava (Sanskrit) - Desh - Adi - Jayadeva, Apaduru
(Telugu) - Kamas - Adi - Pattabhiramayya and Samayam Idhu (Kannada) - Suruti -
Rupakam - Venkataramayya.
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