VENKATESHA NATYA MANDIR (Regd)
Founder
Guru. Radha Sridhar

 Activities Of This Institution

Guru. Radha Sridhar in an Abhinaya class.

• Imparting training in Bharatnatyam to aspiring artistes (Indian classical dance form).
• Sponsored  performances of dance dramas, ballets, folk dances etc.

Accomplishments of Guru. Radha Sridhar

Choreography: Dance dramas

1. "Ramayana" by Sri K. C. Rangappa: The great Indian epic.
2. "Kaliya Mardhana" by Thippanarya: An excerpt from Srimad Bhagavatam.
3. "Koluru Kodagusu" by Shadakshara Kavi: A story of a devotee of Lord Shiva.
4. "Geeta Govinda" by Jayadeva: The legendary romance of Radha and Krishna.
5. "Neelanjana Nritya" by Pampa Mahakavi
6. "Manikantamahime" by S Mukund: on Sabari Malai Aiyappa
7. "Banashankari Mahtme"
8. "Mohini Bhasmasura" by Jaishree: The story if the daemon Bhasmasura
9. "Srinivasa Kalyana" by Eeri Sheshachar: The story of Lord Venkateshwara.
   The Muhurtham of Lord Srinivasa.
10. A Theme on Environment.
11. "Geetha Shakuntala" by Shanthamma
12. "Attimabbe and Shantala" by T. V> Muttacharya
13. "Shivaji" by Sa Shi Marulayya: The story of the greatest maratha warrior.
14. "Buddha and Amarapali" by Sa Shi Marulayya: The legendary episode of lesson on inevitability   of death.
15. "Abhijnana Shakuntala" by Kaviratna Kalidasa: The greatest Sanskrit play ever written. A  romantic story.
16. Megha Sandesha by Kaviratna Kalidasa.
17. "Hanumadvilasa" : The role of "Hanuman" the monkey-god in Ramayana.

Devaranamas

Group Dance

Folk Dance

Highlights of Venkatesha Natya Mandir

Charity performances

1. Bangalore Rotary Club
2. Sheshadripuram Ladies Educational Institution
3. Kidwai Memorial Cancer Institute
4. Sri Prasanna Anaathashrama (Orphanage)
5. Nehru Smaraka Vidya Kendra

National Television Performances.

1. "Nectar In The Stone": A documentary on the famous Somnathpur temple in Karnataka state of India. An important dance number was choreographed by Guru Radha Sridhar. This feature was India's official entry in the International competition held in Yugoslavia and secured the 2nd Prize.
2. Guru Radha Sridhar was the dance choreographer for the serial  "Krishna Nee Begane Baro" telecast by Doordarshan.
3. The dance dramas "Hanumad Vilas" and "Koluru Kodagusu" was telecast by Doordarshan Hyderabad.
4. Special feature dances

• "Sri Chamundeshwari Palayaman" : A programme on goddess Chamundeshwari
• "Purandara Namana" : A programme dedicated to the Kannada poet Purandara Dasa
• "Radha Madhava" : A excerpt from the "Geeta Govinda" 4. "Mohini Bhasmasura"
• "Kodagina Kaveri" : A programme on the goddess Kaveri
• Folk dances for the National network.
• Twenty students of the institution have given solo performances for the Doordarshan
• Folk dance "Gejje Mathaduthava"
• Special programme for Rajyothsava in 1995 & 1996.

Students' Profile

Acedamic Excellence

1. Mrs Indrani Parthasarathy 1st Rank in Proficiency
   
2. Mrs Vrinda Ravi 1st Class in Proficiency
   
3. Mrs Triveni 3rd Rank in Proficiency
4. Mrs. Kusuma 1st Class in Proficiency
5. Mrs R. Radhika 1st Class in Proficiency
6. Mrs Indira T N 1st Class in Proficiency
7. Mrs Meera 1st Class in Proficiency
8. Mr Ganesh 1st Class in Proficiency
9. Ms Savitha Shekar 1st Class in Proficiency
10. Mrs Shoba 1st Class in Proficiency
11. Mr Ramu Kanagal 1st Class in Proficiency
12. Mrs Manasa Prakash 1st Class in Proficiency
13. Ms Poornima K S 1st Class in Proficiency
14. Ms Srimathi 1st Class in Proficiency
15. Ms Rajeshwari 1st Class in Proficiency
16. Ms Anitha 1st Class in Proficiency

Scholarship Awardees

Central Talent Search Scholarship (by Govt of India)

1. Mrs Roopa
2. Ms Jyothsna
3. Ms Hitaishi
4. Ms Shirisha

Central Professional Scholarship (by Govt of India)

1. Mrs Poornima Ashok
2. Mrs Manasa Prakash

Karnataka State Scholarship (by Govt of Karnataka)

1. Ms Gayathri
2. Mr K. S. Ramau
3. Ms Savitha Shekar
4. Ms Preethi Krishna
5. Mr Ganesh
6. Mr Raghavendra
7. Mrs Triveni
8. Mrs Manasa
9. Mrs Vrinda Ravi
10. Ms Rjeshwari
11. Ms Anitha
12. Ms Mahima
13. Ms Bhoomika

Contact

Venkatesha Natya Mandir
(Recognised by the State Govt of Karnataka)
#114/3, "Prabha", Gavipuram Main Road
Bangalore 560 019
INDIA

Ph (91) - (80) - 660 9930
email: natyamandir@vsnl.com

USA Contact
Indrani Parthasarathy
Ph: 281 693 7480
email: nrithya3@yahoo.com