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CHENNAI: 'Kalaimamani' Patrayani Sangeetha Rao, who worked as an assistant music director associated with the legendary playback singer Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, passed away after he contracted Covid-19. He was undergoing treatment in a Chennai hospital and breathed his last on Wednesday night at 9 PM. The talented music composer was 101 years old. Sangeetha Rao was born on
Vempati Venkat dies of cardiac arrest
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Dance fraternity mourns death of Kuchipudi doyen’s son
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Dance fraternity mourns death of Kuchipudi doyen’s son
Vempati Venkat, son of the late Kuchipudi doyen Vempati Chinna Satyam, died of a cardiac arrest at his Chennai residence on Tuesday morning. He was 55.
Venkat is survived by his wife Srimoy and children Lakshmi Kameswari and Aneesh Venkat. Venkat was the secretary of the Chennai-based Kuchipudi Art Academy which was established by his father in 1963 to promote the dance form. He was one among five children of Chinna Satyam.
In 1997, Venkat quit his corporate job to help his father run the academy. He was instrumental in conducting performances in several countries, and helped many young dancers gain recognition by offering them an opportunity to perform abroad.
Tribute to guru Kesava Prasad, the icon of Kuchipudi village
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Pasumarthy Kesava Prasad created a strong bond between the village and the classical dance fraternity
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Pasumarthy Kesava Prasad created a strong bond between the village and the classical dance fraternity
Adjacent to the Bala Tripurasundari temple stands a small dilapidated building that has stood mute witness to the life of Kuchipudi doyen Pasumarthy Kesava Prasad (1952-2021).
This building is where Kesava Prasad lived for the past four decades, teaching and promoting the Kuchipudi dance form that originated in Kuchipudi village, in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh.
Pasumarthy Kesava Prasad