Meenakshi chittaranjan biography

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    Meenakshi Chitharanjan

    Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer

    Meenakshi Chitharanjan, an Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer, is known as an exponent of the Pandanallur style of the classical dance form of Bharatanatyam.[1] She is the founder of Kaladiksha, an institution promoting Bharatanatyam and striving to preserve the Pandanallur tradition.

    A disciple of the father-son duo of Chokkalingam Pillai and Subbaraya Pillai,[2] she is a recipient of several honours including Kalaimamani Award of the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Natya Kala Sarathi of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha.[3] The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2008, for her contributions to classical dance.[4]

    Biography

    Meenakshi Chitharanjan was born in Chennai, in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu to P.

    Sabanayagam, a government official, as the youngest and only girl child among