Sri Rajarajeshwari Kalaniketan rings in golden jubilee with Samanvay Arts Festival
Sri Rajarajeshwari Kalaniketan is celebrating its golden jubilee with the Samanvay Arts Festival 2026 in Bengaluru. The institute, founded in 1976, continues to promote classical Indian dance forms like Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam through academic and performance-based initiatives.
Why it matters
The institute plays a significant role in preserving and evolving traditional Indian performing arts for future generations.
Sri Rajarajeshwari Kalaniketan, founded in 1976 by P.N.S. Murthy in Bengaluru, has focused on classical arts and trained students in Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam for five decades. The space has become synonymous with learning, performing.
Murthy, a tax consultant and a patron of the arts, introduced his daughter Veena Murthy Vijay to Kuchipudi when she was 14. . “Though I started training in Bharatanatyam and Kathak, it was Kuchipudi that captured my heart. My guru, Korada Narasimha Rao, would travel from Ellur to Bangalore to teach me and insisted I first learn to read and write Telugu before attempting to interpret its literature,” recalls Venna.
Mysore B. Nagaraj | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Veena admits that taking his legacy forward is both an honour and a responsibility. .
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