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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = S. Narmada<br />
| image = <br />
| birth_name = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|9|22}}<br />
| birth_place = Bangalore, [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|3|30|1942|9|22}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], Karnataka, India<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| known for = [[Bharatanatyam]]<br />
| occupation = [[Dancer]], Dance Teacher<br />
| awards = {{awards|[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]|[[Rajyotsava Prashasti]]|Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy Award|Shantala Natya Sri Award}}<br />
| website = <br />
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'''S. Narmada''' (22 September 1942 – 30 March 2007) popularly known as '''Guru Narmada''' was a [[Bharatanatyam]] exponent and teacher from [[Karnataka]], [[India]]. She received several awards including Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy Award, Rajyotsava Prashasti and Shantala Natya Sri Award.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
S. Narmada was born on 22 September 1942 in [[Bangalore]], Karnataka. She received her basic training in dance from V. S. Kaushik.<ref name="narthaki"/> As a prominent disciple of [[K. P. Kittappa Pillai]], she had practiced Tanjavur style of Bharatanatyam under his tutelage for more than two decades.<ref name="Akademi">{{cite web |title=S.Narmada |url=https://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/public/uploads/awardees/docs/S_Narmada.pdf |publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi}}</ref><br />
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An excellent teacher of Bharatanatyam, Narmada started the Shakuntala Dance School in Bangalore in 1978 in memory of her mother, and has trained many nationally recognized dancers.<ref name="narthaki">{{cite web |title=Profiles - Guru Narmada is no more |url=https://narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil73.html |website=narthaki.com}}</ref> Her disciples include [[Lakshmi Gopalaswamy]], [[Manju Bhargavi]], Sathyanarayan Raju, [[Nirupama Rajendra]], Malathi Iyengar, Praveen and Anuradha Vikranth.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Dance guru Narmada passes away in Bangalore |url=http://www.kutcheribuzz.com/news/dance/1019-dance-guru-narmada-bangalore |work=www.kutcheribuzz.com }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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Narmada died of a heart attack in Bangalore on 30 March 2007 at the age of 64.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="narthaki" /><br />
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==Awards and honors==<br />
* Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2006<ref name="Akademi"/><br />
* [[Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy]] Award 1998<ref name="Akademi"/><br />
* [[Rajyotsava Prashasti]] 1996<ref name="Akademi"/><br />
* Best Teacher Award of the Madras Music Academy 1992<ref name="Akademi"/><br />
* [[Shantala Natya Sri Award]] 2001 from the Government of Karnataka<ref>{{cite web |title=Karnataka Government |url=https://www.karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State+Awards/Shantala+Natya+Awards/en |website=www.karnataka.gov.in}}</ref><br />
* Bestow Award from the Karnataka Cultural Association, California<ref name="narthaki"/><br />
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[[Category:Indian dance teachers]]<br />
[[Category:Bharatanatyam dancers]]<br />
[[Category:Artists from Bengaluru]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female classical dancers]]<br />
[[Category:Dancers from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian dancers]]<br />
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