Dancers & Faculties
Smt .Suganya Rajan
Suganya, a B.com student is learning Bharathanatyam for the past 9 years under the tutelage of Guru Vazhuvoor S palaniappan. She also learnt Carnatic Music from Vidhwan. Ambikapuram Shivaramam, Palakkad. A beautiful dancer she is, has given more than 20 group performances and participated in Natyanjali festivals held at Mayiladuthurai, Chidambaram, Thiruvarur and also performed in Naradha Gana Sabha and the Annual Vazhuvoor Fest.
Selvi .Sreya Srikanth
Sreya, a homeschooler has devoted her full time to learning Bharathanatyam and Music. She has been learning Bharathanatyam for the past 7 years under the able guidance of Guru Vazhuvoor S. Palaniappan. She is learning Vocal and Veena from Guru Smt. Divya Mohan. A dedicated student she is, Sreya gave her arangetram in October 2016 at the age of 12. Sreya has been part of more than 15 group performances and had the privilege of being part of Natyanjali festivals held at Mayiladuthurai,Pandhanallur,Chidambaram, Thiruvarur,Karur,Tanjore,Thiruvadaimarudhur. She has also participated in December dance festival conducted by Karthik Fine Arts in Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai and the Annual Vazhuvoor Fest. Her clean and perfect performance has won her many accolades at all the places she has performed.
Selvi .Samyukta Vasudevan
Samyukta, being an energetic child got introduced to the world of Bharathanatyam from the age of four by Guru Vazhuvoor S.Palaniappan. She has
done her arangetram in December 2017 at the age of 9. She has given more than 15 group performances in many temples and Sabhas. She had the privilege of being part of Natyanjali festivals held at Chitambaram,Thiruvaroor,Mayiladudhurai and Karur. She has also participated in December dance festival conducted by Karthik Fine Arts in Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai.
Smt . Rajitha Mahalakshmi
Rajitha Mahalakshmi being a student of MBA at GRG Krishnammal collage has shown great interest towards bharathanatyam and has been learning it for the past 15 years.Her pasion towards dance was well nurtured by her guru Vazhuvoor S Palaniappan. she has a great passion for arts and craft works for which she has won great appreciation.she has given many stage performances in chidambaram, thiruvarur, tanjavur, vazhuvoor and also in the annual vazhuvoorars festival in chennai.
Selvi.Roopa Varshini.V.P
Roopa Varshini studying in 12th standard at GRG Krishnamal school has been learning dance for the past 4 years under Guru Vazhuvoor S Palaniappan and has had the privilege in performing at the vazhuvoor temple, the annual Vazhuvoorar Festival and the annual Gurusamarpanam. She is very passionate about music and has been learning carnatic music, Thevaram and thirupugazh from Guru Oodhuvar Kumar and has performed in the Sharadhambal temple, GRG Navarathri melodies fest.
Selvi .Sai Meera
Sai Meera studying in sixth standard having an ambition to become a doctor and do service to needy, gave life to her passion for dance and started her dance lessions from Guru Vazhuvoor S Palaniappan from the age of nine and has performed at Chidambaram, Thiruvaroor, Annual Vazhuvoor festival conducted at Bharati Vidya Bhavan, Chennai and at the annual Gurusamarpanam. she has learnt carnatic music and is also interested in arts and crafts .
Selvi .Parvati Hari
Parvatiās journey in classical dance started at a very tender age of 3 when she took part in the school annual day function while in the nursery class. She took to the stage as a duck would to water and her talent was spotted through the dance items that she performed with a natural grace and confidence.
Wanting to encourage her further, she was enrolled into a local dance school in Coimbatore where she was introduced to classical dance. Though she was an outstanding student and picked up the nuances of the art easily, her parents were keen to train her under a proper guru. Their dream was realized, when in 2015, she became the disciple of Sri. Vazhuvoor Palaniappan, the third generation guru of the famous Vazhuvoor school of Bharatanatyam, which originated in the village of Vazhuvoor in Thanjavur district.
Her training under the watchful eyes Sri Palaniappan, who has the ability to understand each of his disciples and tap their full potential by focusing on their strong points, Parvati is now blossoming into a dancer in the true style of this art form.
Selvi .Sahanasree . v
A dedicated Bharatanatyam dancer in the Vazhuvoor tradition, she has been learning under the guidance and grace of her Guru, kalaimamani Thiru Vazhuvoor S. Palaniappan Pillai, for over eight years. Having performed on multiple stages, she continues to grow through both experience and dedication to the art.
Her journey has gradually expanded into understanding the different structures of bharathanatyam and teachingāshe began learning thattu kazhi in 2024 and tÄlam in 2025, and presented her Nattuvangam Arangetram on 23 January 2026. She continues to deepen her practice in nattuvangam alongside her dance training.
As a faculty member, she enjoys working closely with students, helping them build a strong foundation while finding their own ways of expression within the tradition. Alongside dance, she is a third year undergraduate student of psychology in PSG College of Arts and Sciences, Coimbatore. She has strong interests in understanding the connection between art and the human mind.
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