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| name = Adyar K. Lakshman
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| birth_name = Adyar K. Lakshman
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1933|12|16}}
| birth_place = [[Kuppam]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|8|19|1933|12|16}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| nationality = Indian
| field = [[Bharathanatyam]], [[Indian Classical Music]]
| training = [[Kalakshetra]]
| works = [[Alarippu]], [[Pushpanjali]]
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (1989)<br />[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (1991)
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'''Adyar K. Lakshman''' (16 December 1933 – 19 August 2014)<ref name="hindu21">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/bharathanatyam-dance-doyen-adyar-k-lakshman-passes-away/article6335877.ece | title=Dance doyen passes away | publisher=[[The Hindu]] | date=21 August 2014 | access-date=21 August 2014}}</ref> was a noted Indian [[Bharatnatyam]] dancer, choreographer and guru.<ref>{{cite news |title=Singing paeans to a guru |url= http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/article69923.ece|publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 December 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Adyar K. Lakshman conferred the 'Nadhabrahmam' title.|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/15/stories/2008121558650700.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218090504/http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/15/stories/2008121558650700.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 December 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]]|date= 15 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=To Sir with love |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/dance/article66283.ece |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=17 December 2009 }}</ref>

==Early life==
Born on 16 December 1933, Adyar K. Lakshman hails from [[Kuppam]] in [[Chittoor district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. His father, Krishnaraja Rao, was posted there as a school teacher. Lakshman and his brother Rama Rao were discovered at a young age by P.D. Doraiswamy Iyer, a representative of Smt. [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]], the founder of the world acclaimed fine arts college [[Kalakshetra]]. The young boys showed unusual musical and rhythmic talent, and were offered a thorough education in the Fine Arts. Lakshman's father was only too happy to accept the offer made by Kalakshetra.<ref>{{cite news |title=A picture of poise |url= http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/03/13/stories/2009031351530300.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121107072149/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/03/13/stories/2009031351530300.htm|url-status= dead|archive-date= 7 November 2012|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=13 March 2009 }}</ref>

==Early education and training==
Adyar Lakshman began his education at Kalakshetra in 1944 at the young age of 11 years. He underwent vigorous training in vocal music, Bharatha Natyam, Mridangam and Nattuvangam under the able tutelage of eminent teachers. He had the good fortune to receive his early training and exposure to the Classical arts from Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale herself. He has also been closely associated with other great masters in the field, including Mylapore Gowri Ammal, [[K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai]], S. Saradha, Tiger Varadachari, Budalur Krishnamoorthy Sastrigal, T. K. Ramaswamy Iyengar, Mysore Vasudevacharya, Tanjore Rajagopala Iyer, V. Vital, Kamalarani, and Karaikudi Muthu Iyer. Eventually, he graduated in 1954 from Kalashetra in Bharatanatyam, [[Carnatic music]] and nattuvangam; though stayed on in Kalakshetra, and received a Government of India scholarship, and went on to receive a post-graduate diploma in 1956.

Thereafter he went on to specialise in [[mridangam]] and also learnt [[Kathakali]] from Ambu Panicker, and Chandu Panicker. Subsequently, he was cast by Rukmini Devi in prominent Kalakshetra productions like, "Kumara Sambhavam", "Kutrala Kuravanji", "Sita Swayamvaram" and "Usha Parinayam", based on the Melattur Bhagavata Mela tradition.<ref name=bh>{{cite news |title=Inimitable dance guru |url=http://www.hindu.com/ms/2003/12/01/stories/2003120100040800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206153449/http://www.hindu.com/ms/2003/12/01/stories/2003120100040800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 December 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date= 1 December 2003 }}</ref>

==Career==

Lakshman's first ventured into teaching outside Kalakshetra in [[Vyjayantimala Bali]]'s school, Natyalaya. Here over period of more than a decade, he conducted over ten arangetrams, assisted in productions like "Tiruppavai", "Azhagar Kuravanji", "Chandalika" and "Sanga Tamil Malai".

==Academy==
Founded the Bharatha Choodamani Academy of Fine arts on 22 August 1969. He has trained a wide variety of dancers and many professionals and produced dance drama productions like "Varunapuri Kuravanji", "Aiychiar Kuravai," etc. He has also choreographed classical dance sequences in films like "Hamsa Geethe", "Subba Sastri" and "Ananda Tandavam".<ref name=bh/><ref>{{cite news |title="Bharatanatyam growth to be exponential" (Interview)|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/13/stories/2008071350690200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802103039/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/13/stories/2008071350690200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=13 July 2008 }}</ref>

==Awards==
Adyar Lakshman has received several awards for his outstanding contribution to the art of Bharatha Nayam, as a dance guru, choreographer, composer and nattuvanar. He received the [[Padma Shri]] award from the president of India in 1989, and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (Bharatnatyam) in 1991 by [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], India's National Academy of Music Dance & Drama.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar (Akademi Awards) |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm#DanceBharatnatyam |publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217185616/http://www.sangeetnatak.org/sna/awardeeslist.htm |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.angelfire.com/la/adyarlakshman/ Adyar K. Lakshman, Old website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426023042/http://www.adyarlakshman.com/ Adyar K. Lakshman, Updated website]

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[[Category:Indian classical choreographers]]
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[[Category:Performers of Indian classical dance]]
[[Category:Kalakshetra Foundation alumni]]
[[Category:Dancers from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian choreographers]]
[[Category:Educators from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]

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