Kanaka Srinivasan

{{Short description|Indian classical dancer of Bharat Natyam}}

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| awards = Padma Shri
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

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Kanaka Srinivasan is an Indian classical dancer and one of the leading exponents of the classical dance form of Bharat Natyam.{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/kanaka-srinivasan-interview-on-vazhuvoor-baani/article7231350.ece | title=A different learning | newspaper=The Hindu | date=21 May 2015 | access-date=19 December 2015}} She is a disciple of Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai and is aligned with Vazhuvur tradition of the dance form. She is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award of 1998.{{cite web | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bharatnatyam-dancer-kanaka-srinivasan-receives-sangeet-natak-akademi-award/1/264348.html | title=Bharatnatyam dancer Kanaka Srinivasan receives Sangeet Natak Akademi award | publisher=India Today | date=1 June 1998 | access-date=19 December 2015}} The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for her contributions to Indian classical dance.{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}