Dancer

K. Venkatalakshmma

Indian classical dancer (1906-2002)

Born 1906 · KadurDied 2002IndiaBritish Raj
K. Venkatalakshmma
Image: Lalitha Srinivasan · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

K. Venkatalakshmma was an Indian dancer, born in 1906 in Kadur, who died in 2002.

Biography

K. Venkatalakshamma (29 May 1906 – 1 July 2002) was a renowned Bharatanatyam dancer. A doyenne of the Mysore Style of Bharatanatyam, she was the last representative of the Mysore court tradition. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 1992.

From the Wikipedia article “K. Venkatalakshamma”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Facts from Wikidata (Q15718510), CC0.