List of Kathak dancers

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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[]

Kathak dancer Shovana Narayan

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Padma awardees[]

Gharana founders[]

  • Ishwari Prasad - Founder:Lucknow Gharana
  • Raja Chakradhar Singh - Founder: Raigarh Gharana

Lucknow gharana[]

The following is a list of the Gurus of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad:[2]

Jaipur gharana[]

Benaras gharana[]

The following is a list of the gurus of the Benaras Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Janaki Prasad:[2]

  • Sitara Devi, daughter of Sukhdev
  • Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana

Gurus (deceased)[]

Current elder/senior gurus[]

Younger artists[]

References[]

  1. ^ "SNA || List of Awardees". www.sangeetnatak.gov.in. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Gharanas of Kathak". Nad Sadhna website. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
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