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This is a list of the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for the Indian classical dance form of Kathak, as well as gurus and well-known performers.
Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees
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- Shambhu Maharaj 1955
- Lacchu Maharaj 1957
- Sunder Prasad 1959
- Mohanrao Kallianpurkar 1962
- Birju Maharaj 1964
- Damayanti Joshi 1968
- Sitara Devi 1969
- Devilal 1974
- Roshan Kumari 1975
- Rohini Bhate 1979
- Pt. Kartik Ram, Kumudini Lakhia 1982
- Durga Lal 1984
- Uma Sharma 1987
- Reba Vidyarthi 1991
- Ramlal Bareth 1995
- Maya Rao 1989
- Rani Karnaa 1996
- Shovana Narayan 1999-2000
- Guru Surendra Saikia 2000
- Rajendra Gangani 2002
- Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal, Urmila Nagar 2003
- Saswati Sen 2004
- Pt.Tirath Ram Azad 2005
- Munna Shukla 2006
- Geetanjali Lal 2007
- Shashi Sankhla 2008
- Prerana Shrimali 2009
- Malabika Mitra 2010
- Manjushree Chatterjee 2011
- Vijai Shankar 2012[2]
- Rajashree Shirke 2013
- Uma Dogra 2014
- Jitendra Maharaj 2016
- Shobha Koser 2017
- Maulik Shah, Ishira Parikh 2018
- Puru Dadheech 2018
- Raghav Raj Bhatt & Mangala Bhatt 2019
- Kumkum Dhar 2020
- Nandkishore Kapote 2020
- Shama Bhate 2021
- Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana 2022
- Jagdish Gangani 2023
Padma awardees
[edit]Gharana founders
[edit]- Ishwari Prasad - Founder:Lucknow Gharana
- Raja Chakradhar Singh - Founder: Raigarh Gharana
Lucknow gharana
[edit]The following is a list of the Gurus of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad:[3]
- Wajid Ali Shah (1822 – 1887, Nawab of Oudh and patron of the arts)
- Lachhu Maharaj
- Shambhu Maharaj
- Maya Rao
- Damayanti Joshi
- Birju Maharaj
- Ram Mohan Maharaj
- Sushmita Banerjee
- Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
- Saswati Sen
- Vibha Dadheech
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Jaipur gharana
[edit]- Sunder Prasad (Sundar Chunnilal Prasad)
- Puru Dadheech
- Mangala Bhatt
- Pandit Bhanuji Maharaj
- Kundan Lal Gangani
- Durga Lal-Devi Lal
- Geetanjali Lal
- Rajendra Gangani
Banaras gharana
[edit]The following is a list of the gurus of the Benaras Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Janaki Prasad:[3]
- Sitara Devi, daughter of Sukhdev
- Jitendra maharaj Disciple of Krishna Kumar maharaj
- Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana
- Gopi Krishna
Gurus (deceased)
[edit]Current elder/senior gurus
[edit]Younger artists
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "SNA || List of Awardees". www.sangeetnatak.gov.in. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "Vijai Shankar - Akademi Award: Kathak" (PDF). www.sangeetnatak.gov.in.
- 1 2 "Gharanas of Kathak". Nad Sadhna website. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- ↑ "Namrata Rai: Uniting Cultures with Kathak". 8 July 2024.
- ↑ "Namrata Rai- Famous Kathak Dancer in India". www.namratarai.com.
- ↑ "Kathak dancer, Namrata Rai performs in front of the 1000 year old". 21 January 2014.
- ↑ "Namrata Rai". 25 October 2008.
- ↑ "C.G.I.Birgunj organized a Kathak Dance performance by Ms. Namrata Rai & her troups". 28 January 2023.