Hyderabad-based Bharatanatyam dancer Rajeswari Sainath conferred with Sangeet Natak Akademi award

It was an honour she ne'er dreamed of but Hyderabad-based Bharatanatyam dancer and guru Rajeswari Sainath was ecstatic erstwhile she heard that she was conferred with the Sangeet Natak Akademi grant successful the class of creation for the twelvemonth 2024. The grant volition beryllium presented to her by the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, astatine the Rashtrapati Bhavan successful New Delhi.

“I learnt astir it connected Wednesday astir 9.30 p.m. erstwhile the database was announced and felt profoundly satisfied,” says the artiste who has been successful the performing arts tract for much than 50 years.

Congratulatory messages from crossed the satellite person kept Rajeswari engaged since morning. “It was a beauteous astonishment to spot the messages of my friends, students and members of the fraternity from crossed the world, ” says the grandma who loves playing with her six-month-old grandson Veera Prabhu.

A postgraduate successful commerce, instrumentality and a postgraduate successful public-personal management, Rajeswari holds a Ph.D combining the mathematics facet (layam) successful creation with management.

The 65-year-old dancer, who continues to execute solo, has represented India successful prestigious planetary creation festivals, including 1 astatine the Sydney Opera House main performance hall. Endowed with a good rhythmic consciousness and creator stimulation, Rajeswari, a disciple of Indira Rajan and Pandanallur Srinivasa Pillai, was further mentored by mridangam maestro (late) Karaikkudi Mani successful layam. She considers the grant a validation. “The grant is each the much peculiar due to the fact that I received congratulatory messages from veterans and peers from the field. The grant is motivating and I convey Sangeet Natak Akademi for it.”