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| name = Manjula Ramaswamy<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1958|03|28}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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| parents = V.S. Ramamoorthy and Rajalakshmi Ramamoorthy<br />
| spouse = Ramaswamy Iyer<br />
| children = 2<br />
| occupation = [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer and dance teacher <br />
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| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] (2022)<br />
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'''Manjula Ramaswamy''' is a bharathanatyam dancer and dance teacher from [[Thanjavur district|Thanjavur]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. Together with her father, she started a dance academy called Sri Rama Natak Niketan in [[Hyderabad]]. She received many awards and honors including the Ugadi Puraskar from the [[Andhra Pradesh]] government and [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] 2022.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Manjula Ramaswamy was born on 28 March 1958 in Vishmanapettai village in [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], to Bharatanatyam dancer and dance teacher V.S. Ramamoorthy and Rajalakshmi Ramamoorthy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022 and 2023 |url=https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/specificdocs/documents/2024/mar/doc202437320201.pdf |publisher=Press information bureau, Government of India}}</ref> She started learning dance under her father at the age of eight.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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She joined [[Hyderabad Central University]] to study dance and completed her studies with a gold medal in Bharatanatyam.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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===Personal life===<br />
Manjula married Ramaswamy Iyer at the age of 21, and the couple have two daughters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-21 |title=Manjula Teacher Holds Special Place In Students Hearts - Natyahasini |url=https://natyahasini.in/torchbearer-of-masters-legacy/ |access-date=2025-01-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> She lives in [[Hyderabad]] now.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Career==<br />
Manjula became a dance teacher at the age of ten.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Mary |first=S. B. Vijaya |date=2024-03-13 |title=Manjula Ramaswamy conferred with the Sangeet Natak Akademi award |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/the-daughter-of-the-late-bharatanatyam-guru-v-s-ramamooorthy-hyderabad-based-manjula-ramaswamy-received-the-award-from-the-president-on-march-6/article67946024.ece |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Together with her father V.S. Ramamurthy, Manjula started a dance academy called Sri Rama Natak Niketan in Hyderabad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=J |first=Bansari trivedi |date=2018-12-20 |title=For her dance is divine |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/201218/for-her-dance-is-divine.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mary |first=S. B. Vijaya |date=2017-10-04 |title=Sri Rama Nataka Niketan and the classical G-7 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/sri-rama-nataka-niketan-and-the-classical-g-7/article19796301.ece |access-date=2025-01-27 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She is the director of the institution now.<ref name=":0" /> As a Bharatanatyam teacher, she has trained more than 3000 students.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Her dance production, Deepa Tarangini, performed on brass plates and upside-down clay pots, holding small brass pots on their heads and holding lit candles in their hands, is notable.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Swati |date=2012-12-01 |title=Jamming with bhajans |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2012/Dec/02/jamming-with-bhajans-429932.html |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The Sri Rama Natak Niketan institute has been performing Deepa Tarangini since 1980.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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Manjula is an empanelled bharathanatyam artist of [[Indian Council for Cultural Relations]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manjula Ramaswamy {{!}} Official website of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Government of India |url=https://www.iccr.gov.in/cultural/list-of-empanelment-artist/manjula-ramaswamy |access-date=2025-01-27 |website=www.iccr.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
Manjula Ramaswamy is a recipient of the Ugadi Puraskar from the [[Andhra Pradesh]] government and the Nritya Kalasagar Puraskar from Kalasagar.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] has honoured Manjula Ramaswamy with the 2022 [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] for her contributions to Bharatanatyam.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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