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Established in 1989, Anitha Guha’s Bharathanjali is one of Chennai’s most respected institutions for Bharatanatyam training and choreography. For over three decades, the institution has nurtured generations of dancers through a rigorous and holistic pedagogy that integrates dance, yoga, theory, rhythm, stagecraft, and artistic discipline. With a training environment that begins from a young age and steadily builds towards excellence, Bharathanjali has become synonymous with a style that is at once rooted in classical grammar and distinguished by dramatic vitality, refinement, and emotional depth.
The institution is especially renowned for its large-scale Nrithya Natakam productions, which have earned admiration from rasikas, critics, and sabhas across India and abroad. These works are marked by strong conceptualisation, striking visual design, disciplined ensemble execution, and a rare ability to make complex narratives aesthetically accessible to diverse audiences. Alongside its production legacy, Bharathanjali has also cultivated several accomplished solo dancers, teachers, choreographers, and young professionals in the field, many of whom continue to carry its artistic values into major performance spaces in India and overseas.
Under the visionary guidance of Kalaimamani Acharya Choodamani Smt. Anitha Guha, and with the support of a committed faculty, deeply involved parents, and generations of dedicated students, Bharathanjali has evolved into an institution of enduring artistic value. Its journey is one of sustained excellence, cultural contribution, and a living commitment to Bharatanatyam as both pedagogy and performance tradition.
We, from Bharathanjali, are blessed to receive these words of appreciation
from some of the most respected voices in the world of Indian Arts...
Padma Vibhushan
Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam
"Bakthi kim na karoti, Anitha ‘s bakthi and attitude towards art bringing divinity into everything she does. Acharya Chudamani - Aascharya Chudamani "
Padma Bhushan
Sri. V.P. Dhananjayan
“There is nothing you cannot find in Natya-Vedha - Discipline, Devotion & Dedication. Along with all this & the Guru-Sishya bhavam seen in Anitha’s group brings the divine to us."
Padma Bhushan
Smt. Alarmel Valli
"God is in the details , Dance so perfectly co-ordinated, that dynamism, that great sense of feeling for beauty”
Padma Shri
Chitra Visweswaran
“Anita Guha, a name to reckon with Natyam. Where ideas are brilliant, choreography is excellent. Bharathanjali’s Natya Natakams & Dance spreads the Bharatiya Sanskriti & Culture to larger venues on a global front.”
Padma Shri Sudharani Raghupathy
"Anitha Guha's dance presentations and dancers look like a Tanjore painting - a piece of art.“
Blessings from Eminent Voices
Prof. NS Jayalakshmi
“The hard work of Anitha Guha and her students transcends to stage presenting a beautiful feast for one’s eyes”
Smt. Savitri Jagannath Rao
“The Guru Bhakthi in every movement of the Sishya’s and the sense of community that Anita so magnanimously cultivates.”
Smt. Nandini Ramani
“The way Anitha incorporates dramatic elements within Natya, the relevance, bringing life values for the sishyas moulding them as rounded personalities”
Smt. Sujatha Vijayaraghavan
“Never fails to astonish the audience with new ideas, even a known story turned to a marvel with Anitha’s exuberant creativity. The precision with which each student of Bharathanjali dance & minute details done to perfection needs a special applause.”
