Sudharani Raghupathy

Sudharani Raghupathy
Dancing to Divya Prabandam in 1981
Born21 March 1944 (1944-03-21) (age 82)
Pollachi, British India
EducationUniversity of Mysore
OccupationsDancer, Choreographer, Teacher and Author
Known forBharatanatyam
FatherH L Jagannath
AwardsPadma Shri Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Sudharani Raghupathy is an Indian classical Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer. She is the author of Laghu Bharatam, a series of 3 handbooks on Bharatanatyam dance. She is the Founder and Trustee of Shree Bharatalaya, Chennai.[1][2][3] Sudharani popularised Bharatanatyam through lecture demonstrations.[4]

Education and Career

She studied Philosophy and Sociology in the University of Mysore and majored in the World history of dance, Studio arts at the Randolph Macon's Women's College, Virginia, USA in the years 1964-65. She learnt the Martha Graham technique in modern dance from Eleanor Struppa and western music from Elaine St. Vincent. In the field of Bharatanatyam she trained under KP Kittappa Pillai, US Krishna Rao and Mylapore Gowri Ammal. In Carnatic music she was a student under T Chowdiah, Vaggeyakara and Vidwan Madurai N Krishnan.[2]

Awards

Sudharani has received Padma Shri in 1981, Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1984, Kalaimamani in 1981, Sapthagiri Sangeetha Vidwanmani in 1996, Kalashree in 1999, Fellow of Sangeet Natak Akademi in June 2026 [2][5]

March 2025

Personal

Sudharani was born to H L Jagannath and Shakuntala on 21 March 1944 in Pollachi.[6] She was married to Raghupathy until his death in May 2020. Their children are Sidhartha and Anirudha.[7] She is also the great-grand-daughter-in-law of eminent lawyer Sir K S Iyengar who lived in Mylapore in 1923.[2][8]

References

  1. ↑ "EBook - SUDHARANI RAGHUPATHY".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Profiles - Sudharani Raghupathy: 60 years of dance".
  3. ↑ "Sruti Magazine: Sudharani Raghupathy is 68 today". 21 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Lecture Demonstration on Bharatnatyam by Guru Sudha Rani Raghupathy". Internet Archive. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Dance guru Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy chosen to be Fellow of Sangeet Natak Akademi". 11 June 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "SUDHARANI RAGHUPATHY".
  7. ↑ "Tribute: R. Raghupathy". 30 May 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "On the trail of lawyers and Judges of Mylapore-2".


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