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Acharya Parvati Kumar, Bharatanatyam Guru, November 29, 2012

Adyar Balu (Balakrishnan N V), mridangist, December 13, 2011

Adyar K Lakshman, Bharatanatyam guru, August 19, 2014 aged 81

Adyar Rama Rao, BN vocalist, May 3, 2015

Aiyyelu DS, costume designer, October 22, 2017

Amala Shankar, dancer, July 24, 2020 aged 101

Amarnath Ghosh, BN & Kuchipudi dancer, Feb 27, 2024 aged 34

Amarnath Sury VS, Secretary of Shanmukhananda Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha, April 2, 2021 aged 79

Ammannur Madhava Chakyar, Kudiyattam guru, July 1, 2008

Ammannur Parameswara Chakyar, Koodiyattom maestro, November 15, 2008 aged 93

Ananda Shankar, Contemporary dancer, composer, March 26, 1999

Ananda Shivaram, Kathakali guru, November 7, 2001

Anandi Ramachandran, Bharatanatyam guru & musicologist, March 16, 2005

Annabhattula Krishnaveni, dancer / musician Kalavantula, January 16, 2016

Anne Marie Gaston (Anjali), Bharatanatyam, Chhau, Kuchipudi & Kathakali dancer, April 5, 2018

Anupam Rai, Kathak guru, June 27, 2021 aged 62

Ardhanareeswaram Venkat, Kuchipudi dancer and guru, August 8, 2022

Arjun Mishra, Kathak guru and performer, October 22, 2015

Arudhra Dr., scholar, June 4, 1998 aged 73

Arumugam C P, mridangist

Asako Takami, Odissi dancer, November 3, 2007

Asha Joglekar, Kathak guru, March 18, 2016 aged 80

Astad Deboo, contemporary dancer, December 10, 2020 aged 73

Atul Desai, music composer, January 20, 2013

Balagopalan CK, Bharatanatyam dancer/teacher, August 24, 2019 aged 80

Balamuralikrishna M, singer/music composer, November 22, 2016 aged 86

Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer, February 9, 1984

Banamali Maharana, mardala maestro, November 17, 2018 aged 77

Bansi Kaul, theater director, February 6, 2021

Beppe Chierichetti, Kathakali actor, April 7, 2020 aged 71

Bhagavatula Seetharama Sarma, musician-nattuvanar, December 10, 2017

Bhagavatula Yagna Narayana Sarma, Kuchipudi guru, Jan 12, 2020 aged 90

Bhanu Kumar, dance critic, April 20, 2021

Bhanumathi Rao, Bharatanatyam dancer & actor, Feb 12, 2022 aged 98

B Bhanumati, BN guru, May 24, 2021

Bharati Tolani, Chhau dancer

Bhaskar KP, Bharatanatyam guru (Singapore), April 17, 2013 aged 88

Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury, dancer, August 4, 2003

Bhavanvitha Venkat, Kuchipudi dancer, March 28, 2019

Bhubaneswar Mishra, Odissi music composer, May 7, 1993

Bibhuti Mishra, art critic, November 29, 2005

Bijoy Kumar Senapati, Odissi Guru, December 8, 2011

Bipin Singh, Manipuri guru, Jan 9, 2000

Birabara Sahoo, Gotipua guru, October 29, 2019

Bireshwar Gautam, Kathak dancer, December 12, 2009 aged 42

Birju Maharaj, Kathak dancer/guru, January 17, 2022 aged 83

BSS Rao, art critic & patron, July 4, 2011 aged 82

Chaitan S Garg, organizer

Chakyar Rajan, Chakyar Koothu exponent, April 6, 2007

Chandrabhaga Devi, dancer, 1997

Chandralekha, dancer/choreographer, December 30, 2006 aged 78

Chandrasekharan, Kerala Natanam guru

Chandrashekar SN, critic, January 19, 2015 aged 93

Chandu Panikkar, Kathakali guru, January 16, 1969

Chavara Parukutty, Kathakali artiste, February 7, 2019

Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair, Kathakali guru, March 15, 2021 aged 105

Chinta Adinarayana Sarma, Kuchipudi guru, May 24, 2021

Chitrasena, Sri Lankan Kandyan dancer, July 18, 2005 aged 84

Chitresh Das, Kathak performer & teacher, January 4, 2015 aged 70

Chitti Durgadevi, Kuchipudi guru, March 6, 2007

C.V. Chandrasekhar, Bharatanatyam dancer & guru, June 19, 2024 aged 89

Dakshinamurthi K N, Bharatanatyam guru, April 26, 2005 aged 76

Damayanti Joshi, Kathak guru, September 19, 2004

Dashrath Patel, artist & photographer, December 1, 2010

Debashis Sarkar, vocalist for Kathak & Odissi, October 23, 2020

Dharamshibhai Shah, Kathak Guru, December 9, 2017 aged 97

Dhiraj Chawda, dance photographer, November 6, 2012 aged 93

Dhirendranath Pattnaik, scholar & historian, January 1, 2009

Dinanath Pathy, artist & scholar, August 30, 2016

Dipali Das, Sattriya dancer, November 19, 2019

Doraikannu, Devadasi dancer, April 10, 2003

Doraiswamy A, flautist

Dullav Chandra Singh, Odissi guru, May 5, 2010

Ekambaram G, mridangam vidwan, May 23, 2013 aged 80

Emily Mayne, Bharatanatyam dancer, May 29, 2013

Gandhi S C, Proprietor, Kalpana Art Recording, October 13, 2002

Ganesh Hiralal Hasal, Kathak guru, March 15, 2019

Gangadhar Pradhan, Odissi dancer & guru, October 11, 2010

Gauri Banerjee, Rabindra Natyam, November 2, 2016 aged 73

Ghulam Rasool (Ghulam Bhai), costume designer, January 25, 2022 aged 80

Gina Lalli, Bharatanatyam and Kathak dancer, February 16, 2019 aged 89

GM Sharma, scholar, Founder of Nartanam quarterly, December 18, 2017

Gopalakrishnan, Kerala Natanam guru, September 5, 2012 aged 86

Gopal Prasad Dubey, Seraikella Chhau dancer & guru, November 14, 2022 aged 65

Govindarajan S R, mridangist

G Ulaganathan, critic, June 23, 2022

Gul Bardhan, contemporary dancer, November 29, 2010 aged 82

Hamsa Moily, Bharatanatyam dancer, June 30, 2024

Harekrushna Behera, Odissi Guru, June 24, 2012 aged 81

Hari Moorthy V, costume designer/tailor, July 18, 2023 aged 37

Harini Koushica, Bharatanatyam dancer, May 17, 2002

Heisnam Kanhailal, theatre, October 6, 2016

Herambanathan B, Bharatanatyam guru, May 10, 2022 aged 80

Indra Rajan, Bharatanatyam guru, April 29, 2022 aged 83

Indrani Rehman, BN, Kuchipudi, Kathak & Odissi dancer, February 5, 1999 aged 68

Iyengar BKS, Yoga guru, August 20, 2014 aged 96

Jagannath Mahanta, Sattriya exponent & scholar, March 16, 2014

Jahnavi Jayaprakash, vocalist / composer, April 27, 2002

Jamuna Krishnan, Bharatanatyam dancer/teacher, May 15, 2019 aged 76

Jaya Krishnaratnam, Bharatanatyam vocalist, November 10, 2005

Jaya Subramaniam, dance producer and arts critic, July 27, 2014 aged 82

Jayalakshmi Alva, Bharatanatyam guru, July 21, 2015 aged 81

Jayalakshmi Arunachalam, Bharatanatyam guru, August 28, 2008

Jayalakshmi Kandaiah, Bharatanatyam guru, March 2023

Jayalakshmi Sadagopan, Natyanjali Trust, Nov 7, 2003

Jayalalitha J, Bharatanatyam, December 5, 2016 aged 68

Jaydev Das, light designer,  March 27, 2020 aged 60

Jitendra Maharaj, Kathak guru, February 18, 2023

Joseph Levine (Raja), Kathak dancer, August 12, 1999

Josyula Krishnamurthy, Kuchipudi artiste & musician, September 1, 2014 aged 86

Jwala Prasad, musician and composer for Kathak, October 3, 2019 aged 63

Jyotindra Prasad Mishra, sitarist for Odissi dance, May 2, 2012

Kadirvelu Pillai T S, Bharatanatyam guru, November 22, 2001

Kalamandalam Appukutty Poduval, maddalam maestro, Jan 27, 2008 aged 84

Kalamandalam Chandrika, Mohiniattam guru, Jan 22, 2017

Kalamandalam Geethanandan, Ottanthullal artiste, January 28, 2018 aged 58

Kalamandalam Goutam, Kathakali artiste, September 7, 2019

Kalamandalam Govindan Kutty, Kathakali guru, January 5, 2007 aged 79

Kalamandalam Haridas, Kathakali, March 30, 2014 aged 62

Kalamandalam Haridas, Kathakali vocalist, September 17, 2005

Kalamandalam Hyderali, Kathakali vocalist/composer, January 5, 2006

Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma, Mohini Attam guru, May 12, 1999

Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair, Kathakali guru, August 15, 1990

Kalamandalam Kuttan, Kathakali guru, January 13, 2022 aged 84

Kalamandalam Leelamma, Mohiniattam guru, June 15, 2017

Kalamandalam Natanam Gopalakrishnan, guru (Kathakali), November 19, 2001

Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair, Kathakali guru, April 3, 2007 aged 79

Kalamandalam Rajan, Kathakali exponent, June 13, 2012 aged 81

Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair, Kathakali guru, March 11, 2013 aged 87

Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri, Kathakali vocalist, Nov 14, 2007

Kalamandalam Satyabhama, Mohiniattam Guru, September 13, 2015 aged 77

Kalanidhi Narayanan, Bharatanatyam and abhinaya guru, February 21, 2016 aged 87

Kama Dev, Bharatanatyam dancer, September 22, 1992 aged 54

Kamala Rani, musician & nattuvangam (Retd from Kalakshetra), April 19, 2003

Kameshwaran SK, Bharatanatyam guru, July 20, 2007 aged 79

Kanakaraj, makeup artiste, June 17, 2019 aged 60

Kanak Rele, Mohiniattam dancer & guru, February 22, 2023 aged 86

Kanchana Sharma, Bharatanatyam dancer, March 6, 2005

Kanduri Charan Behera, Odissi guru, June 21, 2016

Kanjoor Krishnan Namboodiripad, art critic, Jan 1, 2022 aged 97

Kannan R, veena artiste, May 8, 2001

Kapila Raj, Kathak guru, April 12, 2014

Kapila Vatsyayan, Arts scholar, September 16, 2020 aged 91

Karaikudi Mani, mridangam maestro, May 4, 2023 aged 77

Karaikudi P. Sivakumar, nattuvanar, June 27, 2018 aged 62

Kartik Chandra Rath, arts promoter, April 1, 2019

Karunambal G Pillai, BN guru, April 29, 2015

Kavalam Narayana Panikkar, scholar/dramatist, June 26, 2016 aged 88

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

Kidangoor Rama Chakyar, Koodiyattam guru, September 2, 2015 aged 88

Kimiko Ohtani, Bharatanatyam dancer, August 25, 2024

Kittappa Pillai K P, Bharatanatyam guru, 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

Kothavil Ramankutty, Kathakali costumes woodwork, October 27, 2018 aged 70

Kottakkal Chandrasekhara Warrier, Kathakali artiste, September 4, 2019 aged 74

Kottakkal Sivaraman, Kathakali actor, July 19, 2010 aged 74

Koushik Das, Kathak & contemporary dancer, July 18, 2024

Krishnamoorthy P.V. (PVK), musician & arts promoter, October 17, 2019 aged 98

Krishnan S V, Nada Inbam, February 15, 2007

Krishna Rao U S, Bharatanatyam guru, March 6, 2005 aged 92

Krishnaswamy R (Secretary, Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai), March 18, 2015 aged 78

Krishnaveni Lakshmanan, Bharatanatyam guru, August 29, 2004 aged 62

Kshetrimayum Ibetombi Devi, Manipuri dancer and guru, October 20, 2022 aged 86

Kunhiraman KP, Kathakali & Bharatanatyam guru, June 12, 2014 aged 84

Lakshmaiya S, flautist

Lakshmi Knight, Bharatanatyam dancer, December 23, 2001

Lakshmi Rajamani, Kuchipudi guru, January 27, 2015

Lakshmi Vishwanathan, Bharatanatyam dancer, January 19, 2023 aged 79

Lalgudi Jayaraman, composer, April 22, 2013 aged 82

Lalitharatnam B, arts patron, August 27, 2007

Lalitha Swaminathan, Bharatanatyam dancer/vocalist, July 2010

La Meri (Russell Meriwether Hughes), Bharatanatyam & Kathak dancer, January 1988 aged 89

Lata Pooviah, Kathak dancer, August 7, 2003 aged 92

Laxmipriya Mohapatra, Odissi dancer, March 20, 2021 aged 93

Leela Ramanathan, exponent of BN, Kathak, Kathakali and Odissi, March 22, 2015

Leela Ratnam, mother of Anita Ratnam, July 24, 2008

Leela Sekhar, arts presenter, January 18, 2014 aged 93

LH Kazi, cultural director of Nehru Centre, July 20, 2021 aged 67

Liesbeth Pankaja Bennink, Bharatanatyam dancer, November 4, 2021 aged 66

Lingaraju, mridangist, October 26, 2022

Lokendrajit Singh, Manipuri dancer, May 18, 2018

Madan Mohan Lenka, Mayurbhanj Chhau guru, September 25, 2007

Madavoor Vasudevan Nair, Kathakali maestro, Feb 6, 2018 aged 89

Madhurita Sarang, Kathak dancer, April 2006

Madurai N Krishnan, composer, Oct 9, 2005 aged 77

Madurai T Sethuraman, Bharatanatyam vocalist 

Maguni Charan Das, Gotipua guru, December 4, 2008

Mahadevan KS, music critic, September 3, 2006

Mahalingam Pillai T K, Bharatanatyam guru, December 6, 2002

Mala Gaur, Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher, September 8, 2017

Mamata Niyogi Nakra, Bharatanatyam guru, July 6, 2024

Mani Damodara Chakyar, Koodiyattam actor, Feb 2022 aged 76

Mani Madhava Chakyar, Koodiyattam maestro, January 14, 1990

Manjusri Chaki Sircar, Contemporary dancer, June 6, 2000

Manna Srinivasan, scholar, March 10, 2012 aged 78

Margi Sathi, Koodiyattam and Nangiarkoothu exponent, December 1, 2015 aged 50

Mathoor Govindan Kutty, Kathakali artiste, 4 Feb 2021 aged 81

Maya Rao, Kathak guru, September 1, 2014 aged 86

Medha Yodh, Bharatanatyam guru, July 11, 2007

Meera Seshadri, musician, composer, November 25, 2001

Melattur S Natarajan, Bhagavatamela actor/guru,  October 15, 2020 aged 77

Menaka Thakkar, BN & Odissi dancer/teacher, February 5, 2022 aged 80

Milena Salvini, dancer/impressario, Jan 25, 2022 aged 88

Minati Mishra, Odissi dancer, Jan 6, 2020 aged 88

Mithran Devanesen, theater director and scenographer, August 9, 2010 aged 61

MN Sarma, academician, Founder of Nartanam quarterly, January 15, 2019

Mohan Khokar, scholar & historian, September 17, 1999

Mohanrao Kallianpurkar, Kathak maestro, December 4, 1985

Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar, Koodiyattam guru, April 15, 2009

Mrinalini Sarabhai, Bharatanatyam guru, January 21, 2016 aged 97

Munna Shukla, Kathak guru, January 11, 2022 aged 79

Munukuntla Sambasiva, Kuchipudi dancer/guru, July 10, 2020 aged 60

Muralidhar Rao, Bharatanatyam guru, May 1, 2017

Myrta Barvie, BN, Kuchipudi & Odissi dancer, 15 May 2020 aged 87

Mysore S Rajaram, former Director of Kalakshetra, Chennai, June 1, 2009

Nabakishore Mishra, Odissi guru, October 28, 2024

Nagaswamy R, Archaeologist, Indic scholar, Jan 23, 2022 aged 91

Nala Najan, Bharatanatyam, Chhau dancer / writer, January 7, 2002

Na Muthuswamy, Koothu-P-Pattarai, playwright & theatre artist, October 24, 2018 aged 82

Nan Melville, dance photographer, March 20, 2022 aged 72

Narasimhachar M A, musician, July 7, 2004

Narasimhachari MV, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi guru, August 19, 2015

Narayan Parthasarathy, violinist, Oct 17, 2021 aged 53

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

Naseem Khan, writer and policy advisor, June 8, 2017

Natanamani Balu, Bharatanatyam guru, January 22, 2007

Nataraja Mudaliar, Bharatanatyam guru, November 30, 2001

Nataraja Ramakrishna, Kuchipudi, Perini and Andhra Natyam guru, June 7, 2011 aged 88

Neila Sathyalingam, Bharatanatyam guru, March 9, 2017 aged 79

Nelliyode Vasudevan Namboodiri, Kathakali maestro, August 2, 2021 aged 81

Nilakanta Singh, scholar, 2000

Nirmala Ramachandran, Bharatanatyam guru, February 23, 2011

Padma Subramaniam, Bharatanatyam vocalist, June 13, 2004

Padmini Dahanayake Ariyadasa, Bharatanatyam dancer/teacher, May 16, 2023

Padmini Ramachandran, Bharatanatyam dancer/actress, Sept 24, 2006 aged 74

Padmini Ramachandran, Bharatanatyam guru, January 17, 2016 aged 71

Padmini Rao, Bharatanatyam dancer/teacher, January 27, 2007 aged 51

Painkulam Damodara Chakyar, Koothu and Koodiyattam performer, July 26, 2017 aged 82

Palakkad Parameswaran, mridangam maker, March 25, 2021 aged 58

Pandanallur C Subbaraya Pillai, Bharatanatyam guru, May 12, 2008 aged 94

Pandanallur M Gopalakrishnan Pillai, Bharatanatyam guru, August 17, 2015

Pandanallur Jayalakshmi (Rani Jayalakshmi Nachiyar), Bharatanatyam dancer, March 2017

Pandanallur Swaminatha Pillai, Bharatanatyam guru, August 5, 2015

Pankaj Charan Das, Odissi guru, June 11, 2003 aged 82

Pappu Venugopal Rao, scholar, April 7, 2024 aged 76

Parassini Kunhiraman Nair, Kathakali actor, November 13, 2018 aged 85

T S Parthasarathy, Musicologist, October 13, 2006 aged 93

Partho Das, sitarist, May 2020 aged 70

Parveen Gangani, Kathak dancer, June 2, 2018

Pasumarthi Kesava Prasad, Kuchipudi Yakshagana performer & guru, May 7, 2021

Pasumarthi Krishnamurthy, Kuchipudi dancer, August 2004

Pasumarthi Sitaramayya, Kuchipudi guru, February 9, 2018

Pasupathi D, musician and composer, February 26, 2019

Pathikrit Mukherjee, sets and lighting designer, June 27, 2021 aged 61

Pattabhi Raman N, Founder Editor of SRUTI Magazine, December 23, 2002

Phillip Zarrilli (b 1947), Kathakali & Kalaripayattu guru, actor / director, April 28, 2020

Prabal Gupta, Kathakali dancer, November 14, 2023

Prabhavathi Shastry, Bharatanatyam dancer & teacher, January 7, 2015 aged 66

Prafulla Kar, Odiya musician, April 17, 2022 aged 83

Prince Braj Bhanu Singh Deo, Seraikella Chhau dancer, June 15, 2017

Prince Suddhendra Narayan Singh Deo, Seraikella Chhau guru

Protima Gauri, Odissi dancer, Aug 18, 1998 aged 49

Pushpa Bhuyan, Sattriya exponent, Oct 7, 2015

Radha Burnier, Bharatanatyam dancer, October 31, 2013 aged 90

Radhakrishna C, Bharatanatyam guru, March 30, 2024 aged 96

Raghunath Panigrahi, vocalist, music composer & Odissi musicologist, Aug 25, 2013 aged 79

Ragini Devi, Kathakali & BN dancer, Jan 22, 1982 aged 88

R Rajagopal, founder-secretary of Kartik Fine Arts, March 30, 2014 aged 88

Rajagopalan LS, scholar and patron of the arts, September 17, 2008 aged 86

Rajah K M, flautist

Rajalakshmi G.S, Bharatanatyam guru, December 17, 2020 aged 80

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

Rajasekharan K, vocal & nattuvangam artiste, Sept 2024

Rajee Narayan, Bharatanatyam guru, September 25, 2020 aged 90

Rajesh Kumar, Bharatanatyam dancer, May 13, 2001

Rajkumar Achouba Singh, Manipuri teacher, August 19, 2023 aged 87

Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, Manipuri guru, November 19, 2024

Rakhal Mohanty, Odissi vocalist/composer, April 14, 2019 aged 88

Ramachandran N, presenter, December 10, 2002

Ramachandran R, presenter (Hamsadwani), May 24, 2007 aged 83

Ramadevi Lachchu Maharaj, Kathak guru, December 24, 2011 aged 86

Ramamoorthy VS, Bharatanatyam guru, Oct 2, 2020 aged 101

Dr.A S Raman, writer, June 24, 2001

Ramani Ranjan Jena, Odissi guru, March 26, 2016

Ram Gopal, Bharatanatyam dancer, 12 October 2003, aged 90

Ramu Kanagal, Bharatanatyam dancer/teacher, April 28, 2021 aged 53

Ranganayaki Jayaraman, Bharatanatyam guru, December 1, 2021

Rani Karnaa, Kathak guru, May 7, 2018

Ranjabati Sircar, Contemporary dancer (Navanritya), writer, October 24, 1999 aged 36

Ranjana Jhaveri, Manipuri guru, January 17, 2017 aged 87

Rashmi Parthasarathy (Mrs.YGP), founder of Bharat Kalachar, August 6, 2019 aged 93

Rathi Karthigesu, Bharatanatyam dancer, August 7, 2023 aged 87

Ravi A, Bharatanatyam dancer, Oct 29, 2003

Rev. Fr. S M George, October 20, 2008, director of Kalai Kaviri

Ritha Devi, Odissi dancer, September 12, 2017 aged 92

Rohini Bhate-Jathar, Kathak guru, October 10, 2008 aged 83

Rukmini Devi, Bharatanatyam guru, February 23, 1986

Rupa Lal, art patron, January 8, 2004

Sabaretnam L, art patron, April 25, 2021

Sachin Shankar, contemporary choreographer, May 10, 2005 aged 81

Sagolshem Kirti Singh, Manipuri guru, March 6, 2024 aged 68

Sanjukta Panigrahi, Odissi dancer, June 24, 1997

Santha Bhaskar, Bharatanatyam guru, February 26, 2022 aged 82

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

Saroja Kameswaran, Bharatanatyam guru, August 8, 2022

Saroja MK, Bharatanatyam guru, June 13, 2022 aged 92

Saroja Vaidyanathan, Bharatanatyam guru, September 21, 2023 aged 86

Sastry B V K, scholar, September 22, 2003 aged 87

Sathiraju Venumadhav, vocalist/composer, April 23, 2019 aged 46

Sathyalingam S, vocalist, June 21, 2011

Satish Mehta, dance critic, February 9, 2021 aged 86

SD Desai, art critic, December 13, 2022 aged 85

Seetha K J, Bharatanatyam Guru, Nov 20, 2020 aged 78

Selma Jeanne Cohen, historian of Dance, December 23, 2005 aged 85

Seshadri S.V, musicologist, October 16, 2019 aged 94

Seshan.A, writer, January 7, 2018 aged 84

Shambhu Maharaj, Kathak maestro, November 4, 1970

Shankar Hombal, Bharatanatyam Guru, October 20, 2010

Shanta Rao, Kuchipudi & Bhama Nrityam, December 28, 2007 aged 81

Shanta Serbjeet Singh, dance critic, August 2, 2017 aged 81

Shashimani Devi, Mahari, March 19, 2015 aged 93

Sheni Gopalakrishna Bhat, Yakshagana exponent, July 18, 2006 aged 88

Shirin Vajifdar, Kathak dancer, Sept 29, 2017 aged 92

Shiva Rao, Bharatanatyam guru, April 29, 2008

Shyamala Mohanraj, Bharatanatyam dancer/guru, July 14, 2015

Shyamala Narayanan, Bharatanatyam teacher, January 27, 2023 aged 67

Shyam Prakash BK, Bharatanatyam guru, May 6, 2022

Sitara Devi, Kathak dancer, November 25, 2014 aged 94

Sivarama Poduval (Edakka, Sopana Sanageetham, Thayamabaka), Sept 5, 2006 aged 82

Sivanandam K P, Bharatanatyam guru, musician and composer, July 30, 2003

Sivasakthi Sivanesan, musician/vocalist, Oct 31, 2021

Sivasankaran N K, Kathakali maestro, April 7, 2006 aged 76

Sobha Naidu, Kuchipudi dancer, October 14, 2020 aged 64

Sridhar O S, vocalist for dance, Oct 21, 2006 aged 53

Sri Ganesan, Bharatanatyam guru, June 9, 2023

Srihari Nayak, Mayurbhanj Chhau guru, May 17, 2010 aged 76

Srinivasan K S, critic / writer

Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Bharatanatyam & nattuvangam, June 4, 2020 aged 50

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

Sudarshan Dheer, Kathak guru, Oct 3, 2015

Sudha Khandwani, BN guru, organizer, November 3, 2016

Sukendu Dutt, Kathakali dancer, Feb 1982

Sumanta Mohanty, Odissi singer/composer, October 9, 2008

Sumathi Kaushal, Kuchipudi guru, July 15, 2019

Sumathi Sriram, Bharatanatyam dancer / teacher, December 9, 2024

Sumitra Charat Ram, arts patron, August 8, 2011 aged 97

Sunanda Chowdhury, Manipuri dancer, November 4, 2003 aged 67

Sundaram Ramakrishnan, Director General of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Worldwide, February 14, 2003

Pt. Sundaralal Gangani, Kathak guru, December 17, 2013

Sundari G, Kalakshetra Chennai, February 3, 2022 aged 93

Sundari Santhanam, Bharatanatyam guru, August 24, 2009

Sunil Kothari, critic, dance scholar and historian, Dec 27, 2020 aged 87

Sunil Kumar Dubey, Chhau dancer/guru, September 17, 2024 aged 64

Sunil Mishr, critic, April 23, 2021

Surendra Mathur, impressario, August 8, 2001

Surendranath Jena, Odissi guru, October 8, 2007 aged 83

Surendra Saikia, Kathak guru, July 16, 2015

Suresh Dutta, puppetry & theatre, Oct 1, 2024 aged 94

Surya Kumari, Bharatanatyam dancer, April 25, 2005

Susheela Misra, critic / writer

Suvarna MN (Bharatanatyam guru), Feb 15, 2013

Suverna Ashok Desai, Manipuri exponent, 13 August 2024

Swagata Sen Pillai, Bharatanatyam dancer, April 26, 2021

Swarnavelu R, critic / writer

Tangirala Raghu, composer and dance accompanist, February 7, 2007 aged 61

Tara Chaudhri, Kathak dancer, Sept 22, 2013

Thangamani Nagarajan, Bharatanatyam guru, July 30, 2014

Thanjai A Hemnath, Bharatanatyam teacher, March 17, 2022

Thanjavur Balasaraswati, Bharatanatyam dancer and guru, February 9, 1984

Thanjavur Kamalambal, Bharatanatyam exponent, August 11, 2003

Thanjavur G Lakshmanan, veena artiste

Thanjavur Rajalakshmi, Bharatanatyam guru, December 25, 2015

Thokchom Brindashabi Devi, Manipuri dancer and singer, June 10, 2018 aged 84

Tirath Ram Azad, Kathak guru, April 22, 2008

Uday Shankar, Modern dancer and guru, Sept 26, 1977

Udupi Laxminarayan, Bharatanatyam Guru, September 17, 1926 - March 17, 2015

Uma Devi Dutt, Bharatanatyam guru, November 19, 2023

Uma Muthukumaraswamy, arts patron (mother of Alarmel Valli), July 31, 2017

Uma Rao, Bharatanatyam dancer (Kalakshetra), March 9, 2023

Uma Rama Rao K, BN & Kuchipudi guru, August 27, 2016

Uma Sriram, Bharatanatyam dancer, July 11, 2018 aged 71

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

Vajira Chitrasena, Sri Lankan dancer/guru, September 23, 2024 aged 92

Valmiki Banerjee, dance guru, June 25, 2023 aged 97

Vanaja Narayanan, Bharatanatyam guru, May 19, 2011

Vasantha Kasinathan, Bharatanatyam guru, September 24, 2024 aged78

Vasanthapuram Chandrashekar, mridangist, Oct 6, 2019

Vasu TT, arts enthusiast, May 11, 2005 aged 76

Vazhuvoor R Samraj, Bharatanatyam guru, July 17, 2004 aged 66

Vedantam Raghavaiah, Kuchipudi exponent/guru, November 18, 1971 aged 52

Vedantam Ramu, Kuchipudi dancer/guru, August 6, 2021

Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma, Kuchipudi guru, November 16, 2012

Veenai Sesha Aiyar, musicologist, January 12, 2005

Veeru Krishna Tiwari, Kathak dancer/teacher, September 7, 2019

Velayudhan Nair, Krishnanattam exponent, March 7, 2010

Vempati Chinna Satyam, Kuchipudi guru, July 29, 2012 aged 83

Vempati Ravi Shankar, Kuchipudi dancer, January 23, 2018 aged 49

Venkatalakshamma, Bharatanatyam guru of Mysore style, July 1, 2002

Venkat Vempati, secretary of Kuchipudi Art Academy, May 25, 2021

Venmani Haridas, Kathakali vocalist, September 17, 2005 aged 59

Veronique Azan, Kathak dancer, August 2, 2017 aged 53

Vijai Shankar, Kathak guru, March 16, 2019

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

Yamini Krishnamurthy, Bharatanatyam & Kuchipudi dancer, August 3, 2024 aged 84

Yog Sunder Desai, founder of Indian Revival Group, November 27, 2020 aged 99

Zhang Jun, Bharatanatyam & Kathak, January 2012 aged 79

Zohra Segal, dancer & actor, July 10, 2014 aged 102