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| name = Govardhan Kumari<br />
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| birth_date = 23/07/1938<br />
| birth_place = [[Kishangarh]], [[Rajasthan]], India<br />
| death_date = 09/01/2013<br />
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| occupation = Ghoomar Dance promoter<br />Dance connoisseur<br />Dance promoter<br />
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| known for = Ghoomar Dance promotion<br />
| spouse = Late H.H Maharaja Krishna Singh<br />
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| website = http://gangaurghoomar.org/founder-director/<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />
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'''Govardhan Kumari''', popularly known as '''Rajmata sa''', is the only lady from the Royal Family known for her efforts to revive and promote the authentic style of [[Ghoomar]], a folk dance form of [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Image Details">{{cite web | url=http://www.indiatodayimages.com/buyimage-rajmata-goverdhan-kumari-2856307.html | title=Image Details | publisher=India Today | date=June 6, 2007 | access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> She heads the ''Gangaur Ghoomar Dance Academy '', a Mumbai-based dance institution.<ref name="Rajmata Goverdhan Kumari">{{cite web | url=http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/index.php?id=410&newsID=39 | title=Rajmata Goverdhan Kumari | publisher=Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad | date=2016 | access-date=August 25, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023005/http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/index.php?id=410&newsID=39 | archive-date=17 November 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Under the aegis of the academy, she has contributed to the participation of the students at various dance and cultural festivals,<ref name="Timeout">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060828/asp/calcutta/story_6661181.asp | title=Timeout | publisher=The Telegraph | date=August 28, 2006 | access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> including the festival of ICCR in countries including USSR, Mauritius, Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Ivory Coast, Trinidad Tobago, USA, Venezuela, UAE, Oman, ''Doha 2010, the Capital of Arab Culture'', held at [[Qatar National Theater]] in September 2010.<ref name="Ambassador happy with opportunity for artistes">{{cite web | url=http://doha.biz/2010/09/25/ambassador-happy-with-opportunity-for-artistes/ | title=Ambassador happy with opportunity for artistes | publisher=Doha.biz | date=September 25, 2010 | access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> She made efforts to revive the Rajwadi tradition of [[Ghoomar]] dance and in popularizing [[Chari Dance]] of [[Kishangarh]].<ref name="Manch Pravesh and Arangetram">{{cite web | url=http://www.mcgs.ac.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=148:manch-praveshaarangetram&catid=89&Itemid=521 | title=Manch Pravesh and Arangetram | publisher=Mago College Girls School | date=2016 | access-date=August 25, 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian Honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2007, for her contributions to arts.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2013 |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=November 15, 2014 }}</ref><br />
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The Gangaur Ghoomar Dance Academy, is now being taken forward by her student and assistant, Mrs. Jyothi D. Tommaar, along with associate directors Dr. Pratiba Naitthani and Rajmata sa's daughter in law H.H. Maharani Mandakini Kumari of Santrampur, Gujarat.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Ghoomar]]<br />
* [[Chari Dance]]<br />
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