Shanta Rao was an Indian dancer, born in 1930 in Mangaluru, who died in 2007.
Biography
Shanta Rao (c. 1925 – 28 December 2007) was a dancer from India. She studied and performed Kathakali, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. She received the Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Kalidas Samman for Classical Dance. She was born in 1925 in Bombay (now Mumbai) and lived there and Bangalore. She died on 28 December 2007 at her home at Malleswaram, Bangalore.
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