Lalitha Srinivasan

Lalitha Srinivasan is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer, choreographer and dance teacher from Karnataka. For her contribution to Bharatanatyam, she received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award by Sangeet Natak Akademi, Government of India, Karnataka Kalatilaka by the Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy, Rajyotsava Prashasti, and the Shantala Natya Shri Award from the Government of Karnataka.

Biography Lalitha Srinivasan was born on August 24, 1943, in Shivasamudra in present-day Karnataka state of India. At her younger years, she lived in various small towns in Karnataka, because of her father's job.

Her family, noticing her interest in dance very early, trained her in Bharatanatyam at the age of ten under Guru H. R. Keshava Murthy in Bangalore. However, she gave up dancing completely after her marriage at the age of 19.

Books published Karnataka Sangeeta Nritya Academy has published her two books, Dance in Karnataka and Dance Sculptures of Karnataka and a biography of K. Venkatalakshamma. Since its inception, it trained more than 500 students. Lalitha's daughter Manu Srinivasan, who is also a dancer, is the secretary of Nupura school now.