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{{short description|Indian classical dancer of Bharatnatyam}}
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'''Komala Varadan''' is an Indian classical dancer of [[Bharatnatyam]], writer<ref name="Komala Varadan Performing in Athens">{{cite web | url=http://elinepa.org/2007/10/01/komala-varadan-performing-in-athens/?lang=en | title=Komala Varadan Performing in Athens | publisher=Indo-Hellenic Society for Culture and Development | date=1 October 2007 | access-date=3 December 2015 | archive-date=8 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208060650/http://elinepa.org/2007/10/01/komala-varadan-performing-in-athens/?lang=en | url-status=dead }}</ref> and the founder of ''Kalaikoodam'', a Delhi-based institute for promoting arts, literature and culture.<ref name="Kalaikoodam (Komala Varadan Institute of Art)">{{cite web | url=http://www.delhievents.com/2009/05/kalaikoodam-komala-varadan-institute-of.html | title=Kalaikoodam (Komala Varadan Institute of Art) | publisher=Delhi Events | date=2015 | access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> She is known to be proficient in various art forms such as choreography, photography and painting.<ref name="Exploring relationship between art forms">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001110/cth2.htm | title=Exploring relationship between art forms | publisher=Tribune | date=9 November 2000 | access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref>

== Career ==
Varadan learnt classical dance from one of the leading dance maestros of India, [[Vazhuvoor B. Ramaiyah Pillai|Vazhuvoor Ramiah Pillai.]] She has performed on many stages in India and abroad. Her paintings have been exhibited at many galleries including the [[Russian Centre of Science and Culture]] (RCSC), New Delhi and the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], New Delhi. She has published two novels and a text on Bharatnatyam and has served as the member of the Jury of the 30th National Film Awards for the feature films section. She is also a member of the Authors Guild of India.<ref name="Exploring relationship between art forms" />

Varadan is a recipient of the [[Kalaimamani Award]] of the Government of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Rajyotsava Prashasthi]] of the Government of [[Karnataka]], Natya Rani title, International Woman of the Year Award (1998 -1999) of the [[International Biographical Centre]], [[Cambridge]], Sahitya Kala Parishad Samman and the Full Circle Inner Flame Award (1999).<ref name="World Dance Day by Komala Varadan_‘Natya Rani’ title in Singapore">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xpsoo7_world-dance-day-by-komala-varadan-natya-rani-title-in-singapore_news | title=World Dance Day by Komala Varadan_'Natya Rani' title in Singapore | publisher=Naresh Kumar Sagar | date=30 March 2012 | access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Prakritim Vande - Dance by Padmashri Komala Varadan in Austin">{{cite web | url=http://www.austinindian.com/desi/prakritim-vande-dance-by-padmashri-komala-varadan--event-39106 | title=Prakritim Vande - Dance by "Padmashri" Komala Varadan in Austin | publisher=Austin India | date=2012 | access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded her the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2005, for her contributions to Indian classical dance.<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=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> Three years earlier, Varadan was in the news for a [[civil suit]] filed by her against the [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]] (ICCR), for categorising performing artists over the age of 45 as ''lecture-demonstration presenters''. However, the court ruling was against her.<ref name="Past your Prime -Ageism in dance">{{cite web | url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/articles/art85.html | title=Past your Prime -Ageism in dance | publisher=Narthaki | date=25 April 2003 | access-date=3 December 2015}}</ref> Her life has been documented in an autobiography, ''Komala Varadan'', published in 1985.<ref name="Komala Varadan">{{cite book | asin=B0040IWSNK | title=Komala Varadan | publisher=Komala Varadan Institute of Art | author=Komala Varadan | year=1985}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Bharatnatyam]]
* [[30th National Film Awards]]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vXDGXrbYE | title=Komala Varadan Performance | publisher=Soundravalli Mayandi | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=3 June 2010 | access-date=3 December 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWwSNaumGC0 | title=Komala Varadan talks about 'Expressions' Bharatanatyam recital | publisher=Delhi Events | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=13 April 2009 | access-date=3 December 2015}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | title=Komala Varadan | publisher=Komala Varadan Institute of Art | author=Komala Varadan | year=1985 | asin=B0040IWSNK}}

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