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Kalanidhi Narayanan (Kalanidhi Ganapathi) was born on 7 December, 1928 in Tamil Nadu, British India, is an Indian dancer (1928-2016). Discover Kalanidhi Narayanan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?
| Popular As |
Kalanidhi Ganapathi |
| Occupation |
Indian classical dancer, dance teacher |
| Age |
87 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Sagittarius |
| Born |
7 December 1928 |
| Birthday |
7 December |
| Birthplace |
Tamil Nadu, British India |
| Date of death |
21 February, 2016 |
| Died Place |
Chennai, India |
| Nationality |
India
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Kalanidhi Narayanan Height, Weight & Measurements
At 87 years old, Kalanidhi Narayanan height not available right now. We will update Kalanidhi Narayanan's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Kalanidhi Narayanan Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Kalanidhi Narayanan worth at the age of 87 years old? Kalanidhi Narayanan’s income source is mostly from being a successful dancer. She is from India. We have estimated Kalanidhi Narayanan's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
dancer |
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Timeline
Kalanidhi Narayanan (7 December 1928 – 21 February 2016) was an Indian dancer and teacher of Indian classical dance form of Bharatnatyam, who was the early non-devadasi girl to learn the dance form and perform it on stage in the 1930s and 1940s.
After a brief career in the 1940s, she returned to dance in 1973 and became a notable teacher of abhinaya.
She had a brief dance career in the 1940s, before she stepped out at the age of sixteen when her mother died and she was married into a conservative family.
She returned to dance when in 1973, noted art-patron, Y. G. Doraiswamy, who had seen her performances as a teen, asked to instruct dancer Alarmel Valli in abhinaya, to which she agreed, encouraged by her sons who had by now grown up.
This started the second phase of her career after a gap of 30 years at the age of 46.
She also started to re-educate herself in dance, luckily her books from her younger days had survived, she started attending dance performances and Arangetram in the city, also enrolled in a course on dance theory on Bharatanatyam by Dr. Padma Subramaniam
. Gradually more students started coming to her and in the coming decades she became "the most sought after teacher for abhinaya".
She was awarded the Padma Bhushan Award, India's third highest civilian honour in 1985, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Bharatnatyam in 1990, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama and Kalidas Samman (1998).
On 7 December 2003, various dance teachers and her disciples, celebrated her 75th birthday at Luz Community Hall in Chennai, it was marked by a two-day seminar on abhinaya, where prominent gurus of Bharatanatyam participated.
On the occasion, a set of 4 CDs on Padams was also released.
Amongst her noted disciples are, Ramya Harishankar (USA), A.Lakshmanaswamy (India), Bragha Bessell (India), Hema Rajagopalan (India), Madhusri Sethuraman (USA), Subashree Narayanan (USA), Minal Prabhu (India), Priya Govind (India), Sharmila Biswas, Meenakshi Chitharanjan (abhinaya), Milana Severskaya (Russia) to name a few.
She has taught numerous disciples over the years, many of whom have personalised her philosophies.
She was also conferred Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna for Dance in 2011.
Born Kalanidhi Ganapathi in the Brahmin household of Sumitra and Ganapati, her mother was keen on getting her dance education, and this was supported by her father.
Thus starting at the age of seven she trained intensively under various gurus, this included Kamakshi Ammal, daughter of Veena Dhanam, for Padams and Javalis and Manakkal Sivarajan for vocal lessons.
Noted guru Kannappa Pillai, from Kanchipuram was her main teacher of nritta (dance), he was also teacher to Balasaraswati, while Chinnayya Naidu and Mylapore Gauri Ammal taught her Abhinaya (Art of expression).
Later she was to add a new dimension to abhinaya herself.
She made her stage-debut (Arangetram) at the age of 12 at the Senate House in Chennai, for the Madras Music Academy.
While still in her teens, she gave two notable recitals, one with Dhanamanikkam and another with Nattuvanar K. Ganesan, son of the Kandappa Pillai.
She died in February 2016.
