Manjula Ramaswamy
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Manjula Ramaswamy | |
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| Born | 28 March 1958 |
| Occupations | Bharatanatyam dancer and dance teacher |
| Spouse | Ramaswamy Iyer |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | V.S. Ramamoorthy and Rajalakshmi Ramamoorthy |
| Awards | Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2022) |
Manjula Ramaswamy is a bharathanatyam dancer and dance teacher from Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Together with her father, she started a dance academy called Sri Rama Natak Niketan in Hyderabad. She received many awards and honors including the Ugadi Puraskar from the Andhra Pradesh government and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2022.
Personal life
Manjula Ramaswamy was born on 28 March 1958 in Vishmanapettai village in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, to Bharatanatyam dancer and dance teacher V.S. Ramamoorthy and Rajalakshmi Ramamoorthy.[1] She started learning dance under her father at the age of eight.[1]
She joined Hyderabad Central University to study dance and completed her studies with a gold medal in Bharatanatyam.[1]
Manjula married Ramaswamy Iyer at the age of 21, and the couple have two daughters.[2] She lives in Hyderabad now.[3]