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| 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 |
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