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Kalakshetra), April 19, 2003   Kameshwaran SK, Bharatanatyam guru, July 20, 2007 aged 79  Kanchana Sharma, Bharatanatyam dancer, March 6, 2005  Kannan R, veena artiste, May 8, 2001    Kelucharan Mohapatra, Odissi dancer & guru, April 7, 2004  Keshav S Kothari, scholar, October 16, 2006  Keshava Murthy HR, Bharatanatyam guru, July 22, 2006 aged 87  Kittappa Pillai K P, guru (Bharatanatyam), October 30, 1999    Komal Kothari, ethno-musicologist and folklorist, April 20, 2004 aged 75  Korada Narasimha Rao, Kuchipudi dancer/guru, January 3, 2007, aged 74  Koser M L, founder of Pracheen Kala Kendra, March 27, 2008 aged 80 Krishnan S V, Nada Inbam, February 15, 2007  Krishna Rao U S, Bharatanatyam guru, March 6, 2005  Krishnaveni Lakshmanan, Bharatanatyam guru, August 29, 2004, aged 62   Lakshmaiya S, flautist   Lakshmi Knight, dancer (Bharatanatyam), December 23, 2001   B Lalitharatnam, arts patron, August 27, 2007  Lata Pooviah, dancer (Kathak), August 7, 2003, aged 92   Madhurita Sarang, 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dancer/actress, Sept 24, 2006, aged 74  Padmini Rao, Bharatanatyam dancer/teacher, January 27, 2007, aged 51  Pankaj Charan Das, Odissi guru, June 11, 2003, aged 82   Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy, dancer (Kuchipudi), August 2004  T S Parthasarathy, Musicologist, October 13, 2006, aged 93  Pattabhi Raman N, Founder Editor of SRUTI Magazine, December 23, 2002    Prince Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo, guru (Seraikella Chhau)    Protima Gauri, dancer (Odissi)   Rajah K M, flautist   Rajalakshmi Santhanam, musician and writer, June 15, 2002   Rajalakshmi T A, Bharatanatyam dancer and guru, June 4, 2003   Rajan KK, Chakyar Koothu exponent, April 6, 2007  Rajesh Kumar, dancer (Bharatanatyam), May 13, 2001   Ram Gopal, dancer, October 12, 2003    Ramachandran N, presenter, December 10, 2002   Ramachandran R, presenter (Hamsadwani), May 24, 2007, aged 83  Dr.A S Raman, writer,  June 24, 2001    Ranjabati Sircar, dancer (Modern), critic / writer, October 23, 1999    Ravi A, dancer (Bharatanatyam), Oct 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