The dance of the gods

Where bhakti
meets bhava.

A traditional school of Bharatanatyam in the heart of Bengaluru, guiding students from their first tatta adavu to the sacred stage of arangetram.

The unbroken lineage

Tradition,
taught with devotion.

Rooted in the lineage of her gurus, every adavu and mudra is taught the way it was passed to her — slowly, faithfully, hand to hand.

The sacred threshold

From first step
to arangetram.

A two-hour solo margam — alarippu through tillana — performed before guru, family, and the divine. Every journey unique. Every one a first.

The stage as temple

When the body
becomes prayer.

Every performance offered as worship — the stage becomes a sanctum, the dancer a vessel. Yato hastastato dṛṣṭi — where the hand is, the eyes follow.

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Smt. Deepali Ravi · Founder & Guru

The Guru

Three decades of
discipline & devotion.

A Masters in Performing Arts (Bharatanatyam) from Pune University, Deepali performed her arangetram in 1994 under Guru Smt. Manik Ambike and went on to train under Guru Smt. Sucheta Chapekar, Acharya Parvati Kumar, Sir C.V. Chandrashekhar, Dr. Kanak Rele, and Smt. Vidhya Subramaniam.

Nadanam was founded with one quiet conviction: that a student who learns to bow to the floor before each class will, in time, learn to bow before the universe.

Philosophy

Yato hastastato dṛṣṭi
yato dṛṣṭistato manaḥ
yato manaḥstato bhāvo
yato bhāvastato rasaḥ.

Where the hand is, the eyes follow. Where the eyes are, the mind goes. Where the mind goes, feeling arises. Where feeling is, rasa is born.

— Abhinaya Darpaṇam

Curriculum

Examination pathway by level.

Prarambhik through Sangeet Acharya — a seven-stage progression that mirrors the recognised Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal grades, taught in small groups with the option of private guidance in the senior years.

I

Levels 1–3

Primary / Introductory

Prarambhik to Praveshika Purna

• Prarambhik (Elementary)
• Praveshika Pratham (1st Year)
• Praveshika Purna (2nd Year)
• Praveshika Purna is commonly aligned with matriculation-level standards.

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II

Levels 4–5

Intermediate

Madhyama Pratham & Purna

• Madhyama Pratham (3rd Year)
• Madhyama Purna (4th Year)
• Deepens practical and theoretical understanding.
• Strengthens technique, tala, and expressive maturity.

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III

Levels 6–7

Advanced / Diploma

Visharad Pratham & Purna

• Visharad Pratham (Upantya Visharad)
• Visharad Purna
• Widely recognised as degree-equivalent milestones.
• Arangetram eligibility is guided by student growth and the guru's readiness assessment.

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IV

Levels 8–Doctorate

Post-Graduate & Research

Alankar to Sangeet Acharya

• Alankar Pratham (7th Year)
• Alankar Purna (8th Year)
• Alankar Purna is often treated as master's equivalent.
• Sangeet Acharya represents doctoral-level research.

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The Sacred Threshold

Forty arangetrams, and counting.

Each arangetram is a milestone earned — not given. A two-hour solo margam performed before guru, family, and the divine. Here, we honour those who have walked the path and offered it to the world.

2026

May 2026

Kashish Wadhavan — Arangetram

Samarthanam Auditorium

with Nadanam View →

2025

Jul 2025

Ishya Hegde — Arangetram

Kaladwarka Auditorium

with Nadanam View →

2024

Jun 2024

Srujana — Arangetram

Kaladwarka Auditorium

with Nadanam View →

2023

Aug 2023

Divya Tarak — Arangetram

Kaladwarka Auditorium

with Nadanam View →

Showcase

Our students, on the sacred stage.

A small selection of recent debuts and ensemble performances. Each arangetram is a two-hour solo, presented in the traditional margam — a milestone in a dancer's life.

Voices

From parents & students.

My daughter walked into Nadanam at six, shy and uncertain. She walked off her arangetram stage, ten years later, knowing exactly who she was. That is what Deepali ji teaches.

Priya Iyer

Parent of Anya · Arangetram 2024

There is rigour here, and there is great love. Both, equally. I have learned classical dance from many teachers; only one has taught me how to listen to the music with my body.

Kavya Subramanian

Senior student · Online cohort

Nadanam holds the lineage with care. Every adavu is taught the way my own guru would have taught it. As a parent who is also a dancer, that means everything.

Lakshmi Krishnan

Parent of Tara · Intermediate

Upcoming

On the calendar.

31

May · 2026

Kashish Wadhavan — Arangetram

Samarthanam Auditorium, HSR Layout, Bangalore

26

Jun · 2026

Kalavardhini — 10th Anniversary

Bangalore — organised by Padmini Ganesh

Begin

Step onto
the floor.
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Trial classes are held on the first Saturday of every month. Tell us a little about the student — age, prior training, and what draws them to Bharatanatyam. We'll write back within a day.

Enrollment & enquiries

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