Manjula Ramaswamy
{{Short description|Indian dancer (born 1958)}}
{{Indian name|Manjula|Ramaswamy}}
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| name = Manjula Ramaswamy
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|03|28}}
| birth_place = Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu
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| parents = V.S. Ramamoorthy and Rajalakshmi Ramamoorthy
| spouse = Ramaswamy Iyer
| children = 2
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Bharatanatyam dancer and dance teacher
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| awards = Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2022)
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Manjula Ramaswamy is a bharathanatyam dancer and dance teacher from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Together with her father, she started a dance academy called Sri Rama Natak Niketan in Hyderabad. She received many awards and honors including the Ugadi Puraskar from the Andhra Pradesh government and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022.
Biography
Manjula Ramaswamy was born on 28 March 1958 in Vishmanapettai village in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, to Bharatanatyam dancer and dance teacher V.S. Ramamoorthy and Rajalakshmi Ramamoorthy.{{Cite web |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 and 2023 |url=https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/mar/doc202437320201.pdf |publisher=Press information bureau, Government of India}} She started learning dance under her father at the age of eight.
She joined Hyderabad Central University to study dance and completed her studies with a gold medal in Bharatanatyam.
=Personal life=
Manjula married Ramaswamy Iyer at the age of 21, and the couple have two daughters.{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Manjula Teacher Holds Special Place In Students Hearts - Natyahasini |url=https://natyahasini.in/torchbearer-of-masters-legacy/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |language=en-US}} She lives in Hyderabad now.
Career
Manjula became a dance teacher at the age of ten.{{Cite news |last=Mary |first=S. B. Vijaya |date=2024-03-13 |title=Manjula Ramaswamy conferred with the Sangeet Natak Akademi award |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/the-daughter-of-the-late-bharatanatyam-guru-v-s-ramamooorthy-hyderabad-based-manjula-ramaswamy-received-the-award-from-the-president-on-march-6/article67946024.ece |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}} Together with her father V.S. Ramamurthy, Manjula started a dance academy called Sri Rama Natak Niketan in Hyderabad.{{Cite web |last=J |first=Bansari trivedi |date=2018-12-20 |title=For her dance is divine |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/201218/for-her-dance-is-divine.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Mary |first=S. B. Vijaya |date=2017-10-04 |title=Sri Rama Nataka Niketan and the classical G-7 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/sri-rama-nataka-niketan-and-the-classical-g-7/article19796301.ece |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}} She is the director of the institution now. As a Bharatanatyam teacher, she has trained more than 3000 students.
Her dance production, Deepa Tarangini, performed on brass plates and upside-down clay pots, holding small brass pots on their heads and holding lit candles in their hands, is notable.{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Swati |date=2012-12-01 |title=Jamming with bhajans |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2012/Dec/02/jamming-with-bhajans-429932.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}} The Sri Rama Natak Niketan institute has been performing Deepa Tarangini since 1980.
Manjula is an empanelled bharathanatyam artist of Indian Council for Cultural Relations.{{Cite web |title=Manjula Ramaswamy {{!}} Official website of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India |url=https://www.iccr.gov.in/cultural/list-of-empanelment-artist/manjula-ramaswamy |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.iccr.gov.in}}
Awards and honors
Manjula Ramaswamy is a recipient of the Ugadi Puraskar from the Andhra Pradesh government and the Nritya Kalasagar Puraskar from Kalasagar. The Sangeet Natak Akademi has honoured Manjula Ramaswamy with the 2022 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for her contributions to Bharatanatyam.
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