Shanta Rao

Shanta Rao (1930 - 28 December 2007) was a notable dancer from India. She was exponent of Bharatanatyam and also studied Kathakali and Kuchipudi.

She was recipient of Padma Shri given by Government of India in 1971 ^[1] and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, in 1970 ^[2] and Kalidas Samman for Classical Dance of Government of Madhya Pradesh for 1993-94.^[3]

Born in 1930 in Mangalore,^[4] and lived in Mumbai and Bangalore. She died on 28 December 2007 at her home at Malleswaram, Bangalore.^[5]

Bibliography

• Sunil Janah; Ashoke Chatterjee (1979). Dances of the Golden Hall: Photographs of the Indian classical dancer Shanta Rao. Indian Council for Cultural Relations. 

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