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{{Infobox person
| name = Rajee Narayan
| image = Guru Rajee Narayan Photograph.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|08|19}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[India]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|9|25|1931|8|19}}
| death_place = [[Gurgaon]], [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/tributes-to-guru-rajee-narayan/article32744543.ece |title=The Hindu Official Website |website=The Hindu |access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref>
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| occupation = [[Bharatanatyam]] Dance Guru [[Choreographer]] [[Composer]] [[Musician]]
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| known for = [[Bharatanatyam]]
| spouse =
| children = Shyamsundar Narayan
| parents = S. Narayana Iyer and Gangammal
| website = {{Url|http://www.rajeenarayan.com}}
| awards = [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/citation_popup.php?id=232&at=3 |title=Sangeet Natak Official Website |website=Sangeet Natak |access-date=October 5, 2020}}</ref> Tagore Akademi Puraskar Sangeetha Sikshamani Swar Sadhna Ratna [[M. S. Subbulakshmi]] Award
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'''Guru Smt. Rajee Narayan''' (1931-2020) was a [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer, musician and composer living in [[Mumbai]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rajeenarayan.com/ |title=Rajee Narayan Official Website |website=Rajee Narayan |access-date=October 1, 2020}}</ref> She was a rare combination of [[guru]], [[musician]], [[composer]] and [[choreographer]], with the unique distinction of teaching not only [[Bharatanatyam]], but also [[Carnatic Music]], Natyasastra and Nattuvangam. She established her institution, Nritya Geethanjali in Mumbai in 1965. She has served as board member of the University of Mumbai, for over two decades and as the external examiner for the Bachelors and Masters degrees in the Fine Arts courses ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] and [[Master of Fine Arts]]) and examiner of thesis for [[Ph.D.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rajeenarayan.com/home.html |title=Rajee Narayan Official Website |website=Rajee Narayan |access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

== Formative years ==
Rajee Narayan was born on 19 August 1931 in [[Chennai]], the 11th child of S. Narayana Iyer and Gangammal. Rajee started to learn Bharatanatyam at age 5, from her elder sister, Neela Balasubramaniam, founder-director, Nataraja Natya Niketan and K. Lalitha, founder-director, Sri Saraswathi Gana Nilayam.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rajeenarayan.com/history.html |title=Rajee Narayan Official Website |website=Rajee Narayan |access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

At the age of four, Narayan commercially recorded the composition, 'Neraminchakura' (Shankarabharanam raga – Ikana tala). She also released records on story-telling songs for children and some plays. At that early age, she had started acting and singing her own songs in the movies that her father produced.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rajeenarayan.com/history.html |title=Rajee Narayan Official Website |website=Rajee Narayan |access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

She participated in the dance-dramas and Kollata Jothrai festivals, conducted by Kadappai Lakshmiammal, through her sabha, Indumadar Lakshmi Vilasa Sabha, run specially for ladies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rajeenarayan.com/history.html |title=Rajee Narayan Official Website |website=Rajee Narayan |access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

== Compositions ==
Narayan has composed over 200 songs for bharatanatyam and has published some of them in her book Nritya Geetamala (2 volumes). She has also released a book on the basics of carnatic music called ''Sangeeta Shastra Mala''. She is also the author of ''Natya shastra mala'', a book explaining the basics of natya shastram.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rajeenarayan.com/compositions/Natya_Sastra_Mala.html |title=Rajee Narayan Official Website |website=Rajee Narayan |access-date=October 3, 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.rajeenarayan.com Official website]

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