Kalanad Nitrya Sanstha organises Kalanjali National Competition on August 13 and 15

Kalanad Nritya Sanstha always makes sure that students explore their talent to the fullest and get recognised on a national level. With this aim and with the blessings of Lord Natraja, like every year they conducted the national online dance competition, Kalanjali at Kashinath Ghanekar Auditorium, Thane. Students danced enthusiastically and gracefully, making their teachers proud. This event has been conducted for the last 10 years. The founder of Kalanad, Guru Bhavana Lele and her daughter Ms. Pallavi Lele are passionate and dedicated teachers of Kathak. The senior Lele has been a Kathak teacher for the last 27 years.

The Kalanjali national competition was conducted on August 13 and 15 for which there were online and offline options for students which was for Kathak and Bharatnatyam. The guest of honor for this event was Mr. Narendra Lindait, Founder of ArtConnects, an online platform for the art and culture fraternity and Guru Ankur Ballal, Kathak exponent. Mr. Nikhil Ballal, Managing editor, Thane Vaibhav and KYT was the chief guest.

The dance competition was judged by Guru Ankur Ballal for Kathak and Guru Kashmira Trivedi and Guru Medha Shanbhag for Bharatanatyam. Ms. Shahishnuta Rajadhyaksha was felicitated with Nrutya Bhushan 2022 award on August 20 during the 29th Annual Guru Purnima Utsav which is a tribute to Padma Vibhushan late Guru Birju Maharaj.

Going forward, Kalanad will sincerely continue to conduct such events in the coming future for their students.