I · Mūla Guru
Sri Pandit Hemadri
Chidambara Deekshitulu
Natyacharya · Natya Kala Pitamaha
Acclaimed Kuchipudi exponent. Her legendary guru — whose style she embodies in exemplary fashion.
Smt. G. Indumathi · Lasyāñjali
Natya Ratna · Kuchipudi
Smt. G.
Indumathi
Artist · Guru · Choreographer Founder · Lasyāñjali Dance Academy
Initiated into Kuchipudi at the age of five, Smt. Indumathi has spent five decades shaping rhythm into prayer — and a generation of dancers in her own image.
यतो हस्तस्ततो दृष्टिः
यतो दृष्टिस्ततो मनः ।
यतो मनस्ततो भावो
यतो भावस्ततो रसः ॥
Where the hand goes, the eye follows; where the eye, the mind;
where the mind, there feeling arises; and where feeling — rasa is born.
— Nandikeśvara · Abhinaya Darpaṇam
I · The Artist
A life moulded by rhythm.
From the strict discipline of a five-year-old's first lesson to five hundred stages.
Indumathi Ganti is an artist, performer and committed teacher of Kuchipudi. From childhood, sheer hard work and a quiet, unwavering passion towards the art moulded her into a wonderful performer.
She inherited her artistic talent from her parents — Sri A. B. Shankara Sastry and Smt. Saraswathi. Her mother, especially, is a diploma holder in Carnatic music with several concerts to her credit, and it was in that household of śloka and svara that the young Indumathi first heard the syllables that would shape her life.
The danseuse received her invitation into the Kuchipudi style of dance at a very tender age — when she was only five years old — moulded in its strict discipline and austere commitment. She embodies, in exemplary fashion, the style of her legendary guru.
Besides being a dancer and performer, Indumathi is a choreographer in her own right. She has introduced new styles in her dances, and she has a god-given gift to understand and analyse rhythm. This versatile dancer has received many awards and honours, given around five hundred performances nationally and internationally, and made an immense contribution to the field of classical dance — receiving accolades from many national and international organisations.
She has performed at the platforms of Ravindra Bharati, Tyagaraya Gana Sabha, Shilparamam, and all other prestigious platforms in Hyderabad — and on stages in Banaras, Delhi, Bombay, Bhopal, Durgapur, Vizag, the United Kingdom, and beyond.
II · Paramparā
Trained under three masters.
A lineage held in trust — and now passed on, undiminished.
Sri Pandit Hemadri
II · Advanced Training
Sri Bhagavatula
Sethuram
Professor · Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University
A doyen of classical dance, under whom she received advanced training in the Kuchipudi tradition.
III · Advanced Training
Smt. Bala
Kondala Rao
M.A. in Kuchipudi · Potti Sree Ramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad
Master of Arts in Kuchipudi dance; advanced study and performance training.
Mūla Guru
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Advanced Training
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Smt. Indumathi
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Lasyāñjali Students
III · Honours
Ten honours, two decades, one art.
From a Gold Medal at fourteen to a felicitation by sixty masters at thirty.
IV · Stages
Twenty stages across India and abroad.
From Doordarshan studios in Ranchi and Hyderabad to a women's day in Bombay and a cultural centre in the United Kingdom.
V · Repertoire
Ballets composed, solos performed.
A choreographer in her own right, and a custodian of the Kuchipudi mārgam.
Ballets & Productions
Solo Mārgam
VI · The School
A temple of learning Kuchipudi.
Established in 1994 — and still teaching, with the same dedication.
Lasyāñjali Dance Academy
Where the younger generation is moulded in undeterred commitment.
Smt. Indumathi established her own institute, Lasyāñjali Dance Academy — a temple of learning Kuchipudi where students are taught all the dance skills of the tradition after years of undeterred commitment, dedication and determination.
She is still teaching the art with the same dedication — the dancing diva indefatigably working towards the preservation and propagation of classical dance in India.
New students are welcomed with a darśanam at the academy. Please write or call to arrange a visit.
- Studio
- 303, A Block, Shanti Gardens
Raghavendra Nagar, Nacharam
Hyderabad, Telangana - Telephone
- +91 90147 72912
- Correspondence
- gantiindumathi@gmail.com
- Tradition
- Kuchipudi · in the paramparā of Sri Pandit Hemadri Chidambara Deekshitulu
- Founded
- 1994 · by Smt. G. Indumathi