Dr Veena
Murthy Vijay —
Fifty Years of
Kuchipudi.
Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar, 2026.
Director, Sri Rajarajeshwari Kalaniketan, Bengaluru.
Dr Veena Murthy Vijay — Kuchipudi exponent, choreographer, scholar. Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar. Karnataka Kalashree. Director, Sri Rajarajeshwari Kalaniketan. Founder, Samanvay.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar — conferred by the President of India, 13 August 2026.
On 19 September 2026 she danced Satyabhama at Chowdiah Memorial Hall for Samanvay 50. See the programme →
Fifty years of Kuchipudi. Performed in Bengaluru.
Highlight cuts from the repertoire. Press play — sound on.
Yakshagana-inspired Kuchipudi.
Twenty new adavu patterns in Kuchipudi,
restructured from Karnataka Yakshagana. Recognised with an Honorary Doctorate. It is the work that makes the
practice unmistakable — a Kannada-language reading of a Telugu form, claiming Kuchipudi for Karnataka without
compromising on either tradition.
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Agasthya Rishi, Chitrapata, Chilapadhikaram and ten works currently on tour.
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Karnataka Kalashree. Honorary Doctorate. Fifty years of choreography.
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Ten works currently on tour across India and abroad. The full repertoire and reel sit under Work.
Therey.
The presence of Kuchipudi in Karnataka.
Tracing the presence of Kuchipudi in Karnataka — a scholarly volume that accompanies the dance practice. Honorary Doctorate awarded for the restructuring of twenty new adavu patterns in Kuchipudi based on Karnataka Yakshagana.