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Dainik Bhaskar: Ayodhya Festival

Dainik Bhaskar: Ayodhya Festival

Dainik Bhaskar: Ayodhya Festival

March 2023

National Bharatanatyam Utsav at Ram Ki Paidi, Ayodhya in collaboration with Ministry of Culture (New Delhi) , Ayodhya Jilla & IECSME

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Manorama: Book Release

Dainik Bhaskar: Ayodhya Festival

Dainik Bhaskar: Ayodhya Festival

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

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Dainik Bhaskar: All India Bhaskar Rao Nritya & Sangeet Sammelan

Dainik Bhaskar: All India Bhaskar Rao Nritya & Sangeet Sammelan

Dainik Bhaskar: All India Bhaskar Rao Nritya & Sangeet Sammelan

March 2022

Dr Padmaja Suresh performs at Tagore Centre, Chandigarh.

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Young India Magazine: in Culture Section

Dainik Bhaskar: All India Bhaskar Rao Nritya & Sangeet Sammelan

Dainik Bhaskar: All India Bhaskar Rao Nritya & Sangeet Sammelan

January 2021

Dr Padmaja Suresh interviewed by Ms Meenu Thakur 

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India Art Review: Karnataka State Honors for Dancer Padmaja Suresh

India Art Review: Karnataka State Honors for Dancer Padmaja Suresh

India Art Review: Karnataka State Honors for Dancer Padmaja Suresh

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 .  

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Young India Magazine: in Culture Section

India Art Review: Karnataka State Honors for Dancer Padmaja Suresh

India Art Review: Karnataka State Honors for Dancer Padmaja Suresh

January 2021

Dr Padmaja Suresh interviewed by Ms Meenu Thakur 

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HERITAGE MUSINGS: DR. PADMAJA VENKATESH SURESH, AN INTERVIEW

HERITAGE MUSINGS: DR. PADMAJA VENKATESH SURESH, AN INTERVIEW

HERITAGE MUSINGS: DR. PADMAJA VENKATESH SURESH, AN INTERVIEW

 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. 

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ThE Hindu: To see, without being clouded

HERITAGE MUSINGS: DR. PADMAJA VENKATESH SURESH, AN INTERVIEW

HERITAGE MUSINGS: DR. PADMAJA VENKATESH SURESH, AN INTERVIEW

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.

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THE HINDU: A SOULFUL AND SACRED DEDICATION TO SISTER NIVEDITA

THE HINDU: A SOULFUL AND SACRED DEDICATION TO SISTER NIVEDITA

THE HINDU: A SOULFUL AND SACRED DEDICATION TO SISTER NIVEDITA

 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’. 

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ThE Hindu: Beyond the visual appeal of dance

THE HINDU: A SOULFUL AND SACRED DEDICATION TO SISTER NIVEDITA

THE HINDU: A SOULFUL AND SACRED DEDICATION TO SISTER NIVEDITA

Padmaja Suresh in her lec-dem spoke about the therapeutic effect of mudras and rasas

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.

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The New Indian Express: Breaking barriers in Bharatanatyam

The New Indian Express: Breaking barriers in Bharatanatyam

The New Indian Express: Breaking barriers in Bharatanatyam

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

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The Hindu: Looking beyond the aesthetics

The New Indian Express: Breaking barriers in Bharatanatyam

The New Indian Express: Breaking barriers in Bharatanatyam

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.

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The Economic TImes: brings the world of classical dance to UNDERPRIVILEGED Children

The Economic TImes: brings the world of classical dance to UNDERPRIVILEGED Children

The Economic TImes: brings the world of classical dance to UNDERPRIVILEGED Children

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.

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The Hindu: Dance is meditation

The Economic TImes: brings the world of classical dance to UNDERPRIVILEGED Children

The Economic TImes: brings the world of classical dance to UNDERPRIVILEGED Children

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.

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Deccan Herald: Myriad poses come together

Deccan Herald: Here, Dance Empowers children

Deccan Herald: Here, Dance Empowers children

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.

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Deccan Herald: Here, Dance Empowers children

Deccan Herald: Here, Dance Empowers children

Deccan Herald: Here, Dance Empowers children

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.

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Maha Kumbh Mela

Aatmalaya Academy, Bangalore presents  Shiva-Gange-Vilasa at the holy precinct of Maha Kumbh Mela on 19th Feb 2025.