Pt. Guru Sundaralal Gangani passed away on auspicious kartik poornima,
on December 17, 2013, in his home town of Baroda. Scion of Jaipur
Gharana, he was brother to Guru Kundanlal Gangani. Between them, they
trained scores of Kathak dancers in Baroda, Delhi, USA. Anjani
Ambegaonkar, Dharamsiji Shah, Shovana Narayan, Prerana Shrimali,
Rajendra Gangani, sons Harish and Jagdish Gangani are some of their
serious disciples. They have trained many more.
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When I was the
convener of the Natya Kala Conference in 1995- 96, Krishna
Gana Sabha audience gave the best lecture demonstration
merit award to both Swapnasundari and A. Janardhanan.
After that, it has taken all these years for them to be
elevated to Nritya Choodamani and Acharya Choodamani. My
hearty congratulations to both of them.
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Continuing on theme and subject of banis (thanks to spin-off
of Alarmel Valli’s Oct. focus on her own bani, of which she
is a worthy representative) I bring to you two artistes –
Aniruddha Knight, grandson of the great Bala and Murali
Mohan Kalva, grand student of Sunderlal Gangani. Aniruddha
represents the Bala bani (Balamma, in figure of speech, left
the Tanjore bani - to which she was born - far behind and
even surpassed it) and Murali Mohan Kalva has taken the
Jaipur gharana far ahead.
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