This is a list of the Sangeet Natak Akademi awards for the Indian classical dance form of Kathak, as well as gurus and well-known performers.
Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees
- Shambhu Maharaj 1955
- Sunder Prasad 1959
- Mohanrao Kallianpurkar 1962
- Birju Maharaj 1964
- Damayanti Joshi 1968
- Sitara Devi 1969
- Roshan Kumari 1975
- Rohini Bhate 1979
- Kumudini Lakhia 1982
- Durga Lal 1984
- Uma Sharma 1987
- Maya Rao 1989
- Rani Karnaa 1996
- Shovana Narayan 1999-2000
- Rajendra Gangani 2002
- Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal 2003
- Saswati Sen 2004
- Munna Shukla 2006
- Geetanjali Lal 2007
- Shashi Sankhla 2008
- Prerana Shrimali 2009
- Uma Dogra 2014
- Jitendra Maharaj 2016
- Puru Dadheech 2018
- Nandkishore Kapote 2020
Padma awardees
- Shambhu Maharaj
- Damayanti Joshi
- Sitara Devi
- Uma Sharma
- Gopi Krishna (dancer)
- Roshan Kumari
- Birju Maharaj
- Kumudini Lakhia
- Shovana Narayan
- Sunayana Hazarilal
- Rani Karnaa
- Puru Dadheech
- Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana
Gharana founders
- Ishwari Prasad - Founder:Lucknow Gharana
- Raja Chakradhar Singh - Founder: Raigarh Gharana
Lucknow gharana
The following is a list of the Gurus of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad:
- Wajid Ali Shah (1822 – 1887, Nawab of Oudh and patron of the arts)
- Lachhu Maharaj
- Shambhu Maharaj
- Maya Rao
- Damayanti Joshi
- Birju Maharaj
- Sushmita Banerjee
- Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
- Saswati Sen
- Vibha Dadheech
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- Munna Shukla
- Nandkishore Kapote
- Mahua Shankar
- Shila Mehta
- Prerana Deshpande
- Gauri Jog
- Sushmita Banerjee
- Deepa Devasena
- Manjari Chaturvedi
- Pali Chandra
- Namrata Rai
Jaipur gharana
- Sunder Prasad (Sundar Chunnilal Prasad)
- Puru Dadheech
- Mangala Bhatt
- Pandit Bhanuji Maharaj
- Kundan Lal Gangani
- Durga Lal-Devi Lal
- Geetanjali Lal
- Rajendra Gangani
Banaras gharana
The following is a list of the gurus of the Benaras Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Janaki Prasad:
- Sitara Devi, daughter of Sukhdev
- Jitendra maharaj Disciple of Krishna Kumar maharaj
- Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana
- Gopi Krishna
Gurus (deceased)
Current elder/senior gurus
- Roshan Kumari
- Puru Dadheech
- Nahid Siddiqui
- Kumudini Lakhia
- Maya Rao (1928-2014)
- Nirupama Rajendra
- Nandini Singh
- Geetanjali Lal
- Shama Bhate
- Prerana Shrimali
- Nandkishore Kapote
- Saswati Sen
- Rajendra Gangani
- Shovana Narayan
- Pali Chandra
Younger artists
- Jaya Sharma
- Prerana Deshpande
- Manisha Gulyani
- Neha Pendse
- Akram Khan (dancer)
- Chitresh Das
- Satya Narayana Charka
- Cynthia Ling Lee
- Meenakshi J Kamath
References
- "SNA || List of Awardees". www.sangeetnatak.gov.in. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Gharanas of Kathak". Nad Sadhna website. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
- https://ashirvachan.com/Portrait/Namrata-Rai
- https://www.namratarai.com/
- https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/kathak-dancer-namrata-rai-performs-in-front-of-the-1000-news-photo/464137097
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/timtom/4057936119
- https://himalini.com/en/c-g-i-birgunj-organized-a-kathak-dance-performance-by-ms-namrata-rai-her-troups.html