Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry

Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry is an Indian classical dancer in Kuchipudi. He was born on 3 June 1963, to Suryanarayana and Sathyavatamma in Kuchipudi, Andhra Pradesh. He is also a choreographer, writer, actor and researcher. He won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2012 for his research on Kuchipudi dance form. He is a retired principal of Siddhendra Yogi Kuchipudi Kalapeetham.

Education Sastry received a bachelor's degree in Telugu from Andhra University in 1984 and a master's degree in Telugu from Osmania University in 1990. He received his doctorate from Osmania University on "Development of Kuchipudi Drama in Telugu".

Awards and titles

Nritya Vidwan Award by the Government of Odisha for services to Kuchipudi dance in 2012 PadmaSri K. Shobha Naidu Excellence Award - 2023 by Nataraj Music and Dance Academy at Visakhapatnam on 8 July 2023 Sri Siddendrayogi Award on 15 October 2023 at Kuchipudi on the occasion of "4th World Kuchipudi Dance Day 2023".

Family His wife, Venkata Durga Bhavani, is a music director and singer. They have two children.