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100th birth anniversary of Mrinalini Sarabhai

May 18 , 2018 2237 days 890 0
  • Google commemorated the 100th birth anniversary of Mrinalini Sarabhai, a renowned Indian classical dancer, with a doodle.
  • She was an expert on two south Indian dance forms of Bharatanatyam and Kathakali.
  • She founded the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, choreographed over 300 dance dramas and wrote many novels, plays, and poems for children.
  • Mrinalini was bestowed with several awards. She received the
    • Padma Shri in 1965,
    • Padma Bhushan in 1992,
    • Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1994 and
    • Nishagandhi Puraskaram, an annual award of the Government of Kerala, in 2013.

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