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This is a list of the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] awards for the [[Indian classical dance|Indian classical dance form]] of ''[[Kathak]]'', as well as gurus and well-known performers.<br />
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==Sangeet Natak Akademi awardees==<br />
[[File:Shovana Narayan.jpg|thumb|Dancer [[Shovana Narayan]]]]<br />
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/Awardees.php |title=SNA {{!}}{{!}} List of Awardees |website=www.sangeetnatak.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817135029/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/Awardees.php |archive-date=2016-08-17}} </ref><br />
*[[Shambhu Maharaj]] 1955<br />
*[[Lacchu Maharaj]] 1957<br />
*[[Sunder Prasad]] 1959<br />
*[[Mohanrao Kallianpurkar]] 1962<br />
*[[Birju Maharaj]] 1964<br />
*[[Damayanti Joshi]] 1968<br />
*[[Sitara Devi]] 1969<br />
*[[Devilal]] 1974<br />
*[[Roshan Kumari]] 1975<br />
*[[Rohini Bhate]] 1979<br />
* Pt. Kartik Ram, [[Kumudini Lakhia]] 1982<br />
*[[Durga Lal]] 1984<br />
*[[Uma Sharma]] 1987<br />
*Reba Vidyarthi 1991<br />
*Ramlal Bareth 1995<br />
*[[Maya Rao]] 1989<br />
*[[Rani Karnaa]] 1996<br />
*[[Shovana Narayan]] 1999-2000<br />
*Guru Surendra Saikia 2000<br />
*[[Rajendra Gangani]] 2002<br />
*[[Sunayana Hazarilal|Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal]], Urmila Nagar 2003<br />
*[[Saswati Sen]] 2004<br />
*Pt.Tirath Ram Azad 2005<br />
*[[Munna Shukla]] 2006<br />
*[[Geetanjali Lal]] 2007<br />
*[[Shashi Sankhla]] 2008<br />
*[[Prerana Shrimali]] 2009<br />
*Malabika Mitra 2010<br />
*Manjushree Chatterjee 2011<br />
*Vijai Shankar 2012<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/public/uploads/awardees/docs/1704544968_Vijai%20Shankar.pdf | title=Vijai Shankar - Akademi Award: Kathak | website=www.sangeetnatak.gov.in}}</ref><br />
*Rajashree Shirke 2013<br />
*[[Uma Dogra]] 2014<br />
*[[Jitendra Maharaj]] 2016<br />
*[[Shobha Koser]] 2017<br />
*Maulik Shah, Ishira Parikh 2018<br />
*[[Puru Dadheech]] 2018<br />
*[[Raghav Raj Bhatt & Mangala Bhatt]] 2019<br />
*[[Kumkum Dhar]] 2020<br />
*[[Nandkishore Kapote]] 2020<br />
*[[Shama Bhate]] 2021<br />
*[[Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana]] 2022<br />
*Jagdish Gangani 2023<br />
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== Padma awardees ==<br />
*[[Shambhu Maharaj]]<br />
*[[Damayanti Joshi]]<br />
*[[Sitara Devi]]<br />
*[[Uma Sharma]]<br />
*[[Gopi Krishna (dancer)]]<br />
*[[Roshan Kumari]]<br />
*[[Birju Maharaj]]<br />
*[[Kumudini Lakhia]]<br />
*[[Shovana Narayan]]<br />
*[[Sunayana Hazarilal]]<br />
*[[Rani Karnaa]] <br />
*[[Puru Dadheech]]<br />
*[[Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana]]<br />
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== Gharana founders ==<br />
* [[Ishwari Prasad]] - Founder:Lucknow Gharana<br />
* [[Raja Chakradhar Singh]] - Founder: Raigarh Gharana<br />
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== Lucknow gharana ==<br />
The following is a list of the [[Guru]]s of the ''Lucknow Gharana'', beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad:<ref name="ns">{{cite web|url=http://www.nadsadhna.com/pages/IndianMusic/Dance.asp?About=Gharanas|title=Gharanas of Kathak|publisher=Nad Sadhna website|accessdate=2 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714145914/http://www.nadsadhna.com/pages/IndianMusic/Dance.asp?About=Gharanas|archive-date=2011-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
* [[Wajid Ali Shah]] (1822 – 1887, [[Nawab of Oudh]] and patron of the arts)<br />
* [[Lachhu Maharaj]]<br />
* [[Shambhu Maharaj]]<br />
* [[Maya Rao]]<br />
* [[Damayanti Joshi]]<br />
* [[Birju Maharaj]]<br />
* [[Ram Mohan Maharaj]]<br />
* [[Sushmita Banerjee (dancer)|Sushmita Banerjee]]<br />
* [[Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak]] <br />
* [[Saswati Sen]]<br />
* [[Vibha Dadheech]]<br />
[[File:Kathak Dancer Namrata Rai, clicked by famous photographer (Padma Shri) Shri Avinash Pasricha.jpg|thumb|Kathak Dancer Namrata Rai<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ashirvachan.com/Portrait/Namrata-Rai | title=Namrata Rai: Uniting Cultures with Kathak | date=8 July 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.namratarai.com/|title=Namrata Rai- Famous Kathak Dancer in India|website=www.namratarai.com}}</ref>]]<br />
* [[Munna Shukla]] <br />
* [[Nandkishore Kapote]] <br />
* Mahua Shankar<br />
* [[Shila Mehta]]<br />
* [[Prerana Deshpande]]<br />
* [[Gauri Jog]]<br />
* [[Sushmita Banerjee (dancer)|Sushmita Banerjee]]<br />
* [[Kumkum Dhar]]<br />
* [[Papia Bhowmik]]<br />
* [[Deepa Devasena]]<br />
* [[Manjari Chaturvedi]]<br />
* [[Pali Chandra]]<br />
* Namrata Rai <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/kathak-dancer-namrata-rai-performs-in-front-of-the-1000-news-photo/464137097 | title=Kathak dancer, Namrata Rai performs in front of the 1000 year old | date=21 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/timtom/4057936119 | title=Namrata Rai | date=25 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://himalini.com/en/c-g-i-birgunj-organized-a-kathak-dance-performance-by-ms-namrata-rai-her-troups.html | title=C.G.I.Birgunj organized a Kathak Dance performance by Ms. Namrata Rai & her troups | date=28 January 2023 }}</ref><br />
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==Jaipur gharana==<br />
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* [[Sunder Prasad]] (Sundar Chunnilal Prasad)<br />
* [[Puru Dadheech]]<br />
* [[Mangala Bhatt]]<br />
* [[Pandit Bhanuji Maharaj]]<br />
* [[Kundan Lal Gangani]]<br />
* [[Durga Lal-Devi Lal]]<br />
* [[Geetanjali Lal]]<br />
* [[Rajendra Gangani]]<br />
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==Banaras gharana==<br />
The following is a list of the [[guru]]s of the ''Benaras Gharana'', beginning with the disciples of Janaki Prasad:<ref name="ns"/><br />
* [[Sitara Devi]], daughter of Sukhdev<br />
* [[Jitendra maharaj]] Disciple of Krishna Kumar maharaj <br />
* [[Kamalini Asthana and Nalini Asthana]]<br />
* [[Gopi Krishna (dancer)|Gopi Krishna]]<br />
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== Gurus (deceased) ==<br />
* [[Damayanti Joshi]]<br />
* [[Rohini Bhate]]<br />
* [[Chitresh Das]]<br />
* [[Rani Karnaa]]<br />
* [[Maya Rao]]<br />
* [[Birju Maharaj]]<br />
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== Current elder/senior gurus ==<br />
*[[Roshan Kumari]]<br />
*[[Puru Dadheech]]<br />
*[[Nahid Siddiqui]]<br />
*[[Kumudini Lakhia]]<br />
*[[Maya Rao]] (1928-2014)<br />
*[[Nirupama Rajendra]]<br />
*[[Nandini Singh]]<br />
*[[Geetanjali Lal]]<br />
*[[Shama Bhate]]<br />
*[[Prerana Shrimali]]<br />
*[[Nandkishore Kapote]]<br />
*[[Saswati Sen]]<br />
*[[Rajendra Gangani]]<br />
*[[Shovana Narayan]]<br />
*[[Pali Chandra]]<br />
*[[Prof.Purnima Pande]]<br />
*[[Papia Bhowmik]]<br />
*[[Marami Medhi]]<br />
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== Younger artists ==<br />
* [[Maryada Kulshreastha]]<br />
* [[Jaya Sharma]]<br />
* [[Prerana Deshpande]]<br />
* [[Manisha Gulyani]] <br />
* [[Neha Pendse]]<br />
* [[Akram Khan (dancer)]]<br />
* [[Chitresh Das]]<br />
* [[Satya Narayana Charka]]<br />
* [[Cynthia Ling Lee]]<br />
* [[Meenakshi J Kamath]]<br />
* [[Swati S Kolle]]<br />
* [[Meghranjani Medhi]]<br />
* [[Anshika Kataria]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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