Monday, 5 January 2026

Profile - Sathyanarayana Raju: A life in dance - V.V. Ramani


He wanted to celebrate the milestone moment, his sixtieth birthday with what he loved the most in his life - Dance. He felt that this opportunity had to be utilized meaningfully by way of an offering to the lord of dance Nataraja, who had bestowed and blessed him with the art. Sathyanarayana Raju embarked on a marathon effort to dance the Ashtaragamalika varnam composed by Tanjore Quartette sixty times before his birthday. The very next day after this thought surfaced, he got an invitation from Guru M R Krishnamoorthy of Kalakshiti to perform for his organization. Sathya began the first in the series there and subsequently more and more opportunities came his way, and on 6th January 2026 he completes the sixtieth performance of his Anjali. "It is the grace of the lord that I have been able to complete my offering," says Sathya.

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