List of Kathak exponents

This is a list of the Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees for the Indian classical dance form of Kathak, as well as gurus and well-known performers.

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardees

  1. Shambhu Maharaj 1955
  2. Baijnath Prasad “Lacchu Maharaj” 1957
  3. Sunder Prasad 1959
  4. Mohan Rao Kallianpurkar 1962
  5. Birju Maharaj 1964
  6. Damayanti Joshi 1968
  7. Sitara Devi 1969
  8. Gauri Shankar Devilal 1974
  9. Roshan Kumari 1975
  10. Rohini Bhate 1979
  11. Kartik Ram 1982
  12. Kumudini Lakhia 1982
  13. Durga Lal 1984
  14. Uma Sharma 1987
  15. Maya Rao 1989
  16. Reba Vidyarthi 1991
  17. Ramlal Bareth 1995
  18. Rani Karnaa 1996
  19. Sunderlal Sathyanarayan Gangani 1998
  20. Shovana Narayan 1999-2000
  21. Rajendra Gangani 2002
  22. Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal 2003
  23. Urmila Nagar 2003
  24. Saswati Sen 2004
  25. Tirath Ram Azad 2005
  26. Munna Shukla 2006
  27. Geetanjali Lal 2007
  28. Shashi Sankhla 2008
  29. Prerana Shrimali 2009

Traditionally, there are three gharanas of Kathak: Lucknow, Jaipur and Benaras.

Gharana Founders

Gurus of 3 gharanas

Lucknow gharana

The following is a list of the Gurus of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad:[1]

Jaipur gharana

The following is a list of the Gurus of the Jaipur Gharana,

Benaras gharana

The following is a list of the Gurus of the Benaras Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Janaki Prasad:[1]

Raigarh gharana

  1. Pt. Kartikram
  2. Pt. Kalyaandas Mahant
  3. Pt. Phirtu Maharaj
  4. Pt. Barmanlal
  5. Pt. Ramlal
  6. Bhupendra kumar bareth(son of pt.ramlal)
  7. Alpana Vajpeyi
  8. Dr. Bhagwan Das Manik Mahant(disciple of Pt. Kalyan Das Mahant)
  9. Basanti Vaishnav
  10. Ram Murti Vaishnav
  11. Sunnel Vaishnav
  12. Dr. Jyoti Bakshi
  13. Dr. Neeta Geharwal
  14. Saridhdha Chaudhari
  15. V. Anuradha Singh
  16. Suchitra Harmalakar
  17. Chetana Jyotishi
  18. Dr. Vijya Sharma
  19. Dr. Srishti Gupta
  20. Alpana Sengupta

Gurus (deceased)

Current (Elder) Gurus

(in order of seniority)

(Younger Artists)

References

  1. 1 2 "Gharanas of Kathak". Nad Sadhna website. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
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