Kanthe maharaj biography channel
Kanthe Maharaj, a famous Indian Vadya Shiromani of the Banares Gharana, was born in the year in the Kabir Chaura Muhallah of the....
Sitara Devi Kathak Dancer
Sitara Devi is a well known classical Kathak dancer of India, born at the day of great Indian festival Diwali in Kolkata in 1920.
Purba Mukherjee -Raag Shuddha Kalyan and Raag Rageshree.As she was born on Dipawali, she has also named as Dhanalakshmi (nickname of which is Dhanno). She belongs to the Brahmin family of the Varanasi. Her father, Sukhadev Maharaj, was also a Kathak performer and teacher. Her mother, Matsya Kumari, belongs to the Royal family of the Nepal.
Pandit Kanthe Maharaj - Biography World Tabla Council.
Kathak was the source of income as well as fervor of her family. Her father had passed all his talent (Kathak, Bharatanatyashastra, Sanskrit) to his children (daughters are Alaknanda, Tara, Dhano and sons are Chaube, Pande).
She was depicted as the Nritya Samragini by the Rabindranath Tagore when she was just 16.
Rabindranath Tagore encouraged her to revitalize the Indian arts through the Kathak. Still, She is known as the Kathak queen of the India. Till now she has performed in many corners of India as well as other countries. In 1967, she perfor