Who among the following has the credit to invent and create a new style of ‘Bharatanatyam’?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is Dr Padma Subrahmanyam.

Key Points

Padma Subrahmanyam:
- Dr Padma Subrahmanyam entered her training in Bharatanatyam under the education of Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai and Mylapore Gouri Amma.
- An exponent of Bharatanatyam, Dr Padma Subrahmanyam has presented her art across the world, sharing in prestigious public and transnational carnivals of dance.
- She has won multitudinous accolades including the Padma Shri, the Padma Bhushan (2003), the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award( 1983), the Kalaimamani, and the Kalidas Samman.

Additional Information

Mungara Yamini Krishnamurthy, an Indian dancer who specialises in Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam, was born on December 20, 1940.
- In Madras, Yamini Krishnamurthy made his debut in 1957.
- She is honoured to serve as the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam's Asthana Nartaki (resident dancer).
- She was also referred to as the "torch bearer" of the Kuchipudi dancing style.
- The Padma Shree (1968), Padma Bhushan (2001), and Padma Vibhushan (2016), three of the highest civilian honours bestowed by the Republic of India, were among the many honours she received for her dancing career.
Rukmini Devi Arundale, the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha. is associated with Bharatanatyam.
- Also an activist for animal rights and welfare.
- Rukmini Devi features in India Today's list of '100 People Who Shaped India'.
- Kalakshetra Foundation at Adyar, Chennai was established by Rukmini Devi.
- Rukmini Devi was nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha in April 1952 and re-nominated in 1956.
- Google Doodle paid tribute to Rukmini Devi Arundale on her 112th birth anniversary.
- Awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1956.
Chinta Ravi Bala Krishna is a winner of the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2009, a recipient of the singular honour of Yuva Sutradhari at the Siddhendra Yogi Nrityotsav in 2007, a Gold Medallist M.A Kuchipudi, as well as being a winner of a host of other awards.