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Priya Murle An accomplished Bharatanatyam dancer Priya Murle divides her time between teaching and performing Bharatanatyam at Shree Bharatalaya and doing research. A multi-faceted personality, Priya began learning dance from the age of five at Shree Bharatalaya from Padma Sri Dr. Sudharani Ragupathy. She has also learnt Carnatic music from Padma Sri Vidvan Madurai N. Krishnan as well as Sanskrit from Pandit Thangaswami Sharma. Priya has been working at Shree Bharatalaya for 10 years, where she teaches dance and is also involved in choreography. She has given several performances all over India as well as in Europe and America, besides giving lecture demonstrations to students in India and overseas.

She has received numerous awards and merit certificates, including the prestigious title of "Yuva Kala Bharati" from Bharat Kalachar, and the Bharata Kala Bhushana from Shree Bharatalaya. She was the recipient of the Senior Scholarship for Dance instituted by the Department of Culture of the Government of India. She was also a visiting Professor of Dance at the Government of India Music College, Tamil Nadu, in 1994. She has participated in both the television serials on Dance presented by her Guru, Sudharani Raghupathy. She is a graded artiste of the Doordarshan Kendra, India. Deeply committed to music and dance, Priya Murle has worked at Sruti - where she is the Executive in charge of the Research & Documentation Centre and the Publication & Audio-visual departments. Academically, Priya has held an excellent record at both school and university levels.

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