March 2023
National Bharatanatyam Utsav at Ram Ki Paidi, Ayodhya in collaboration with Ministry of Culture (New Delhi) , Ayodhya Jilla & IECSME
January 2024
The dance of Tantra and a Satguru authored by Dr Padmaja Suresh was released by Dr Karan Singh and Dr Sandhya Purecha and received by Justice V Ramasubramaniam and Justice Ramamurthy
March 2022
Dr Padmaja Suresh performs at Tagore Centre, Chandigarh.
January 2021
Dr Padmaja Suresh interviewed by Ms Meenu Thakur
December 2021
Dr. Padmaja Suresh, a leading Bharatanatyam dancer and a prominent researcher of Natya and Tantra has been recently conferred the title ‘Karnataka Kalashri’, one of the highest civilian awards of the Karnataka state government’s Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy .
January 2021
Dr Padmaja Suresh interviewed by Ms Meenu Thakur
November 2020
Bharatanatyam exponent Dr.Padmaja Venkatesh Suresh, head of the Aatmalaya Academy of Art and Culture, Bengaluru, assumes the roles of performer, teacher, researcher, author and writer, speaker, administrator and organizer with equal ease. Having taken the art to numerous venues in India and abroad, she also launched ‘Kalachaitanya’ a scheme to reach out to underprivileged children in villages, small towns and cities across the country.
December 2019
The relevance of the concept of ‘Ramarajya’ for good governance was deliberated at a seminar held recently at IIM, Bangalore. It was organised jointly by Tattvaloka, a monthly magazine of Hindu wisdom and Aatmalaya Academy of Dance.
September 2019
National Gallery of Modern Art in collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Aatmalaya Academy of Art and Culture Trust presented “Dance Festival - Nivedita’.
November 2018
On an invitation from her ‘guru behen’ Asha Sunilkumar, Padmaja Suresh from Bengaluru conducted an interactive lecture demonstration on Tantra, Yantra and Mantra at Sri Guruji Academy, Thane.
May 2017
She is an acclaimed dancer, teacher and scholar. But Dr Padmaja Suresh also brings the classical dance form closer to the less privileged in society
March 2017
Dr. Padmaja Suresh peeled off layers to reveal Natya as a crucial link in a metaphysical matrix. She spoke at the C.P. Art Centre, Chennai, under the title, ‘Yantra, Mantra, Tantra and Natya,’ recently.
March 2015
Bharatnatyam exponent Padmaja Suresh is a believer in Paravidya - transcendental knowledge - where her actions are not defined by utilitarian returns or benefits. It is this belief that makes this Seshadripurambased artist take dance to underprivileged children. "If my dancing remains restricted to high-profile sabhas and kacheris, and will be no use to, say, the flower vendor's child next door who has the passion to learn. It would simply dilute its essence. What is the use of learning about karma and dharma in your art if you do not put it to practice?" she told ET.
October 2014
Tantra the science and Natya the art — the two faceted reality is dancer Padmaja Suresh’s book. She tells that dance is internalisation of supreme consciousness.
February 2012
Shaivam’, a dance performance by Padmaja Suresh and her troupe, was recently held at the CMR NPS Auditorium. The recital was so titled because it was conducted as a tribute to Lord Shiva, and his many aspects. Padmaja Suresh is a talented bharatanatyam dancer who specialises in the Tanjore style.
August 2011
“Thayyum thathath thayyum thaha…” arms stretched out, students in the dance class are stamping their feet on the floor trying to match up to the rhythm and follow the adavus which their Bharatanatyam teacher Padmaja Suresh is executing with seemingly effortless ease. One girl giggles as she catches us aiming the camera at her, another looks down shyly and a bolder one lifts her chin and offers a fine pose.
The book delves upon mystical subjects with an added dimension of looking into great incarnation - Masters like Mahaperiyava, Ramana Maharshi, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Shridi Saibaba.