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description: "Padma Subrahmanyam is a renowned Bharatanatyam dancer and scholar who reconstructed the 108 karanas of Natya Shastra, influencing Indian classical dance."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- Padma Subrahmanyam is an Indian classical Bharatanatyam dancer and scholar who reconstructed the 108 karanas of Bharata's Natya Shastra into a performance idiom called Bharata Nrityam.
- What are the karanas that Padma Subrahmanyam reconstructed?
- How does Bharata Nrityam differ from Bharatanatyam?
- Why is Padma Subrahmanyam relevant for UPSC GS1?
- Is the reconstruction of the karanas universally accepted?

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In 2024 the Government of India conferred the Padma Vibhushan on Padma Subrahmanyam in the art category, recognising her decades of work reconstructing the 108 karanas of the Natya Shastra into the Bharata Nrityam idiom.

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