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

Shambhu Maharaj 1955
Baijnath Prasad “Lacchu Maharaj” 1957
Sunder Prasad 1959
Mohan Rao Kallianpurkar 1962
Birju Maharaj 1964
Damayanti Joshi 1968
Sitara Devi 1969
Gauri Shankar Devilal 1974
Roshan Kumari 1975
Rohini Bhate 1979
Kartik Ram 1982
Kumudini Lakhia 1982
Durga Lal 1984
Uma Sharma 1987
Maya Rao 1989
Reba Vidyarthi 1991
Ramlal Bareth 1995
Rani Karnaa 1996
Sunderlal Sathyanarayan Gangani 1998
Shovana Narayan 1999-2000
Rajendra Gangani 2002
Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal 2003
Urmila Nagar 2003
Saswati Sen 2004
Tirath Ram Azad 2005
Munna Shukla 2006
Geetanjali Lal 2007
Shashi Sankhla 2008
Prerana Shrimali 2009

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

Gharana Founders

Bhanuji - Founder: Jaipur Gharana
Ishwari Prasad - Founder:Lucknow Gharana
Janaki Prasad - Founder: Benaras Gharana
Raja Chakradhar Singh - Founder: Raigarh Gharana

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]

Adguji, Khadguji and Tularamji, sons of Ishwari Prasad
Prakashji, Dayalji and Harilalji, sons of Adguji
Durga Prasad, Thakur Prasad and Manji, sons of Prakashji
Bindadinji, Kalka Prasad and Bhairon Prasadji, sons of Durga Prasad
Wajid Ali Shah (1822 – 1887, Nawab of Oudh and patron of the arts)
Lachhu Maharaj
Shambhu Maharaj
Maya Rao
Birju Maharaj
Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
Bandana Sen
Saswati Sen
Munna Shukla
Prerana Deshpande
Gauri Jog
Sushmita Banerjee
Deepa Devasena
Arjun Mishra
Kumkum Dhar
Pali Chandra
Namrata Rai
Anuj Mishra
Bhagyalaxmi Deshkar

Jaipur gharana

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

Maluji, son of Bhanuji
Laluji and Kanuji, sons of Maluji
Gidhaji and Shejaji, sons of Kanuji
Dulhaji, son of Gidhaji
Hariprasad and Hanuman Prasad, sons of Dulhaji
Mohanlal, Chiranjilal and Narayan Prasad, sons of Hanuman Prasad
Charan Girdhar Chand and Tej Prakash Tulsi, sons of Narayan Prasad
Shyamlal
Chunnilal
Durga Prasad
Jailal and Sunder Prasad, sons of Chunnilal
Gopal and Jai Kumari, son and daughter of Jailal
Raman Lal Parihar
Sunder Lal Gangani
Maya Rao, first student of Guru Shambhu Maharaj also trained under Sunder Prasad. The first female dancer in India who trained in both the Gharanas.
Devi Lal
Durga Lal and Kum Uma Sharma, students of Sunder Prasad.

Benaras gharana

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

Dulha Ram and Ganeshilal, brothers of Janaki Prasad
Chunnilal, disciple of Janaki Prasad
Biharilal, Hiralal and Puranlal, sons of Dulha Ram
Hanuman Prasad, Shivlal and Gopalji, sons of Ganeshilal
Nawal Kishore, Bansidhar and Omkar Prasad, sons of Hanuman Prasad
Sukhdev, Durga Prasad and Kundanlal, sons of Shivlal
Krishna Kumar, son of Gopalji
pt.sandeep kumar songra great grand son of pt.bihari lal ji and son vinod kumar ji
Sitara Devi, daughter of Sukhdev
Natraj Shri Gopi Krishna, grandson of Sukhdev Maharaj

Raigarh gharana

Pt. Kartikram
Pt. Kalyaandas Mahant
Pt. Phirtu Maharaj
Pt. Barmanlal
Pt. Ramlal
Bhupendra kumar bareth(son of pt.ramlal)
Alpana Vajpeyi
Dr. Bhagwan Das Manik Mahant(disciple of Pt. Kalyan Das Mahant)
Basanti Vaishnav
Ram Murti Vaishnav
Sunnel Vaishnav
Dr. Jyoti Bakshi
Dr. Neeta Geharwal
Saridhdha Chaudhari
V. Anuradha Singh
Suchitra Harmalakar
Chetana Jyotishi
Dr. Vijya Sharma
Dr. Srishti Gupta
Alpana Sengupta

Gurus (deceased)

Damayanti Joshi
Devi Lal
Rohini Bhate
Shanker Dev Jha
Bireshwar Gautam
Dr. Madhukar Anand
Guru Goverdhan Maharaj Kathak
Natraj Shri Gopi Krishna
Chitresh Das /website

Current (Elder) Gurus

(in order of seniority)

Pt. Sundarlal Gangani
Pt.Birju Maharaj
Pt.Girdhari Maharaj
Pt. Manish Gangani
Pt. Shyamal Maharaj
Roshan Kumari
Mukesh Maharaj Kathak
Gauri Jog
Kumudini Lakhia^[2]
Maya Rao (1928-2014)
Maneesha Sathe
Nirupama Rajendra^[3]
Guru Bandana Sen^[4]
Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
Smt. Reba Vidyarthi
Rajkumar Ketkar
Smt Rani Karnaa (Nayak)
Pratap Pawar
Nandini Singh
Geetanjali Lal
Guru Munna Shukla
Prerana Shrimali^[5]
Shakti Bhatnagar Roberts
Maulik Shah
Ishira Parikh
Satya Narayana Charka
Parwati Dutta
Rujuta Soman
Prerana Deshpande
Bachan Lal Mishra^[6]
Vijai Shankar
Mukta Joshi
Asha Joglekar
Sushmita Misra
Manjiri Deo
Vaibhav Joshi [www.vaibhavjoshi.com]
Nandakishore Kapote
Harish gangani barodawale
Jagdish gangani
Rajendra Gangani
Sanjivanee Kulkarni
Devanand parihar
Praveen gangani
Harish gangani
Hemant Panwar
Ms.Anurag Verma-Jaipur,Rajasthan
Shovana Narayan
Guru Chitra Venugopal
Samruddhi Joshi
Pratishtha Sharma
Kapila Raj Sharma
Pali Chandra ]
Rajendra Chaturvedi
Nishi Singh Kathak
Hasita Oza^[7]
Ruchi Sharma ^[8]
Alpana Sengupta^[9]

(Younger Artists)

Arushi Nishank^[10]^[11]
Aditi T.
Archana Joglekar
Suchandra Banerjee
Aacharyaa Pratishtha Sharma (dancer)^[12]
Gauri Jog (dancer)^[13]
jagdish gangani barodawale
Rajendra Gangani
Namrata Rai^[14]
Anu Sinha Kathak Exponent^[15]
Anurag Verma Jaipur
Himani Narang^[16]
Parveen Gangani
Parwati Dutta
Nishi Singh Kathak
harish gangani
Prerana Deshpande
Gowry Krubakhari Balamurali
Manisha Gulyani^[17]
Asawaree Patankar
Maulik Shah
Ishira Parikh
Dr. Tina Tambe^[18]
Neha Pendse
Akram Khan (dancer)^[19]
V.Anuradha Singh
Alpana Vajpeyi
Vaibhav Joshi
Sharanya Ray
Akhilesh Chaturvedi
Mrs. Ramaa Manjrekar (Ms. Shilpa Sawale)^[20]
Namrata Rai^[21]
Poonam Shyam^[22]
(rajni chaniyari 18 years of experience in dance .
Malabika Mitra
Pt.sandeep kumar songra
Anuradha Thakur Chopra
Umair Arif 2006-today
Shambhavi Dandekar /website
Soniaa Gupta
Sharadini Gole
Hasita Oza
Amala Shekhar
Chitresh Das
Satya Narayana Charka
Sonia Parchure
Sharvari Jamenis
Sumukhi Athani
Manjiri Kiran
Manoj Maharaj kathak
Anurita Rai
Mohit Shridhar
Somashekar Chudanath
Pravesh Pal

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