Adyar Balu (Balakrishnan N V), mridangist, December 13, 2011
Ammannur Madhava Chakyar, Kudiyattam guru, July 1, 2008
Ammannur Parameswara Chakyar, Koodiyattom maestro, November 15, 2008, aged 93
Ananda Shankar, dancer (Modern), composer, March 26, 1999
Ananda Shivaram, guru (Kathakali), November 7, 2001
Anandi Ramachandran, Bharatanatyam guru & musicologist, March 16, 2005
Arudhra Dr., scholar
Arumugam C P, mridangist
Asako Takami, Odissi dancer, November 3, 2007
Bharati Tolani, dancer (Chhau)
Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, dancer, August 4, 2003
Bibhuti Mishra, art critic, November 29, 2005
Bijoy Kumar Senapati, Odissi Guru, December 8, 2011
Bipin Singh, guru (Manipuri)
Bireshwar Gautam, Kathak dancer, December 12, 2009 aged 42
BSS Rao, art critic & patron, July 4, 2011 aged 82
Chaitan S Garg, organizer
Chakyar Rajan, Chakyar Koothu exponent, April 6, 2007
Chandralekha, dancer/choreographer, December 30, 2006, aged 78
Chandrasekharan, guru (Kerala Natanam)
Chitrasena, Sri Lankan Kandyan dancer, July 18, 2005, aged 84
Chitti Durgadevi, Kuchipudi guru, March 6, 2007
Dakshinamurthi K N, Bharatanatyam guru, April 26, 2005, aged 76
Damayanti Joshi, Kathak guru, September 19, 2004
Dashrath Patel, artist & photographer, December 1, 2010
Dhirendranath Pattnaik, scholar & historian, January 1, 2009
Doraikannu, Devadasi dancer, April 10, 2003
Doraiswamy A, flautist
Dullav Chandra Singh, Odissi guru, May 5, 2010
Gandhi S C, Proprietor, Kalpana Art Recording, October 13, 2002
Gangadhar Pradhan, Odissi dancer & Guru, October 11, 2010
Govindarajan S R, mridangist
Gul Bardhan, contemporary dancer, November 29, 2010, aged 82
Harini Koushica, dancer (Bharatanatyam), May 17, 2002
Indrani Rehman, guru (Bharatanatyam / Odissi), February 5, 1999, aged 68
Jahnavi Jayaprakash, vocalist / composer, April 27, 2002
Jaya Krishnaratnam, Bharatanatyam vocalist, November 10, 2005
Jayalakshmi Arunachalam, Bharatanatyam guru, August 28, 2008
Jayalakshmi Sadagopan, Natyanjali Trust, Nov 7, 2003
Joseph Levine (Raja), dancer (Kathak), August 12, 1999
Kadirvelu Pillai T S, guru (Bharatanatyam), November 22, 2001
Kalamandalam Appukutty Poduval, maddalam maestro, Jan 27, 2008 aged 84
Kalamandalam Govindan Kutty, Kathakali guru, January 5, 2007, aged 79
Kalamandalam Hyderali, Kathakali vocalist/composer, January 5, 2006
Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma, guru (Mohini Attam), May 12, 1999
Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, guru (Kathakali), August 15, 1990
Kalamandalam Natanam Gopalakrishnan, guru (Kathakali), November 19, 2001
Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair, Kathakali guru, April 3, 2007, aged 79
Kamala Rani, musician & nattuvangam (Retd from 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
Keremane Shambhu Hegde, Yakshagana exponent, February 3, 2009
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
Kottakkal Sivaraman, Kathakali actor, July 19, 2010, aged 74
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
Lalitha Swaminathan, Bharatanatyam dancer/vocalist, July 2010
Lata Pooviah, dancer (Kathak), August 7, 2003, aged 92
Leela Ratnam, mother of Anita Ratnam, July 24, 2008
Madan Mohan Lenka, Mayurbhanj Chhau guru, September 25, 2007
Madhurita Sarang, dancer (Kathak), April 2006
Madurai N Krishnan, composer, Oct 9, 2005 aged 77
Madurai T Sethuraman, vocalist (Bharatanatyam)
Maguni Charan Das, Gotipua guru, December 5, 2008
Mahadevan KS, music critic, September 3, 2006
Mahalingam Pillai T K, Bharatanatyam guru, December 6, 2002
Manjusri Chaki Sircar , dancer (Modern ), June 6, 2000
Medha Yodh, Bharatanatyam guru, July 11, 2007
Meera Seshadri, musician, composer, November 25, 2001
Mithran Devanesen, theater director and scenographer, August 9, 2010, aged 61
Mohan Khokar, scholar & historian, September 17, 1999
Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar, Koodiyattam guru, April 15, 2009
Mysore S Rajaram, former Director of Kalakshetra, Chennai, June 1, 2009
Nala Najan, dancer (Bharatanatyam, Chhau) / writer, January 7, 2002
Narasimhachar M A, musician, July 7, 2004
Narayan TK, Bharatanatyam guru, March 2, 2005, aged 82
Narendra Sharma, contemporary dancer/guru, January 14, 2008, aged 83
Narmada, Bharatanatyam guru, March 30, 2007, aged 65
Natanamani Balu, Bharatanatyam guru, January 22, 2007
Nataraja Mudaliar, guru (Bharatanatyam), November 30, 2001
Nataraja Ramakrishna, Kuchipudi, Perini and Andhra Natyam guru, June 7, 2011, aged 88
Nilakanta Singh, scholar
Nirmala Ramachandran, Bharatanatyam guru, February 23, 2011
Padma Subramaniam, Bharatanatyam vocalist, June 13, 2004
Padmini Ramachandran, Bharatanatyam dancer/actress, Sept 24, 2006, aged 74
Padmini Rao, Bharatanatyam dancer/teacher, January 27, 2007, aged 51
Pandanallur C Subbaraya Pillai, Bharatanatyam guru, May 12, 2008 aged 94.
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)
Rajagopalan LS, scholar and patron of the arts, September 17, 2008, aged 86
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 29, 2003
Rev. Fr. S M George, October 20, 2008, director of Kalai Kaviri
Rohini Bhate-Jathar, Kathak guru, October 10, 2008 aged 83
Rukmini Devi, Bharatanatyam guru, February 23, 1986
Rupa Lal, art patron, January 8, 2004
Sachin Shankar, contemporary choreographer, May 10, 2005, aged 81
Sarada S (Peria Sarada), Bharatanatyam guru, November 4, 2009 aged 94
Sarasa KJ, Bharatanatyam guru, January 2, 2012, aged 78
Saraswathi Thiagarajan, Bharatanatyam guru, June 29, 2009
Sastry B V K, scholar, September 22, 2003, aged 87
Sathyalingam S, vocalist, June 21, 2011
Selma Jeanne Cohen, historian of Dance, December 23, 2005 aged 85
Shambhu Maharaj, Kathak guru, Nov 4, 1970
Shankar Hombal, Bharatanatyam Guru, October 20, 2010
Shanta Rao, Kuchipudi & Bhama Nrityam, December 28, 2007, aged 81
Sheni Gopalakrishna Bhat, Yakshagana exponent, July 18, 2006 aged 88
Shiva Rao, Bharatanatyam guru, April 29, 2008
Sivarama Poduval (Edakka, Sopana Sanageetham, Thayamabaka), Sept 5, 2006 aged 82
Sivanandam K P, guru (Bharatanatyam), musician and composer, July 30, 2003
Sivasankaran N K, Kathakali maestro, April 7, 2006, aged 76
Sridhar O S, vocalist for dance, Oct 21, 2006 aged 53
Srihari Nayak, Mayurbhanj Chhau guru, May 17, 2010, aged 76
Srinivasan K S, critic / writer
Subramaniam P V (Subbudu), critic, March 29, 2007, aged 90
Subramanian S P (Chemburaan), writer, January 4, 2004
Prof. V Subramaniam, scholar, May 28, 2004
Sumanta Mohanty, Odissi singer/composer, October 9, 2008
Sumitra Charat Ram, arts patron, August 8, 2011 aged 97
Sunanda Chowdhury, dancer (Manipuri), November 4, 2003, aged 67
Sundaram Ramakrishnan, Director General of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Worldwide, February 14, 2003
Sundari Santhanam, Bharatanatyam guru, August 24, 2009
Surendra Mathur, impressario, August 8, 2001
Surendranath Jena, Odissi guru, October 8, 2007, aged 83
Surya Kumari, Bharatanatyam dancer, April 25, 2005
Swarnavelu R, critic / writer
Susheela Misra, critic / writer
Tangirala Raghu, composer and dance accompanist, February 7, 2007, aged 61
Thanjavur Kamalambal, Bharatanatyam exponent, August 11, 2003
Thanjavur G Lakshmanan, veena artiste
Tirath Ram Azad, Kathak guru, April 22, 2008
Uday Shankar, Modern dancer and guru, Sept 26, 1977
Uma Sundaram, Bharatanatyam guru, January 24, 2007, aged 62
Usha Srinivasan, Bharatanatyam guru, June 8, 2006, aged 54
Vaidyanathan N, art critic/columnist, Nov 14, 2008, aged 87
Vanaja Narayanan, Bharatanatyam guru, May 19, 2011
Vasu TT, arts enthusiast, May 11, 2005, aged 76
Vazhuvoor R Samraj, Bharatanatyam guru, July 17, 2004, aged 66
Veenai Sesha Aiyar, musicologist, January 12, 2005
Velayudhan Nair, Krishnanattam exponent, March 7, 2010
Venkatalakshamma K, guru (Bharatanatyam), July 3, 2002
Venmani Haridas, Kathakali vocalist, September 17, 2005, aged 59
Viswanathan T, Professor of Music (brother of Balasaraswathi), September 10, 2002
Visweswaran R, vocalist & composer, June 28, 2007
William Skelton, Colgate University, Sept 23, 2009, aged 86
Yagnaraman R, presenter (Krishna Gana Sabha), April 3, 2007, aged 85
Zhang Jun, Bharatanatyam & Kathak, January 2012, aged 79