Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal is an Indian classical dancer, known for her expertise in the classical dance form of Kathak and reportedly the only surviving practitioner of the Janakiprasad Gharana of Kathak, also known as Banares Gharana. [1][2] The Government of India honored her in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.

Her life was about to change forever. Sunayanaji was enraptured by Guruji’s dance style and teaching. Within a few years she blossomed under Pt. Hazarilal’s tutelage – her lightning fast footwork, layakari and expressiveness born of rigorous practice heralded a major new exponent of …

Mar 3, 2025 · Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal is an Indian classical dancer, known for her expertise in the classical dance form of Kathak and reportedly the only surviving practitioner of the Janakiprasad Gharana of Kathak, also known as Banares Gharana.

Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal is an Indian classical dancer, known for her expertise in the classical dance form of Kathak and reportedly the only surviving practitioner of the Janakiprasad Gharana of Kathak, also known as Banares Gharana.

A professional Kathak exponent for more than five decades, Sunayana Hazarilal was honoured with the Padma Shri last year. Sunayana is a stickler for perfection pertaining to traditional norms of the Gharana and her performances command the subtle nuances of both pure and expressional dancing.

Dec 29, 2017 · Sunayana Hazarilal on giving up a middle-class life to marry her dance guru, earning respect in India thanks to success on a foreign tour, and the students the world over flocking to learn...

Sunayana, the Kathak exponent, infinitely lithe and gracious, an oriental Georgina Parkinson, summoning vistas of knowing charm with a flick of her wrist… The smooth articulation of the …

ChandmArolka7: An exponent of the school ofKathak known after Shri janakiprasad ofBanaras, Shrimati Sunayana Hazarilal has earned acclaim for her distinctive style ofpresentation, excellingparticularly in abhinaya. For more than three decades,she has performed regularly in major festivals of Kathak dance in India and haspresented her art in other countries as well Since 1974, shehas been ...

Sunayana Hazarilal learnt Kathak from Guru Pandit Hazarilal, great and foremost student of Nritya Samrat Ashaque Hussain. Besides performing all over India for various festivals, she has performed all over UK and Europe during her 27 tours abroad since 1974.

Padmashri Sunayana Hazarilal has been instrumental in the preservation of rare tradition of Banaras Gharana of Pandit Jankiprasadji. She learned Kathak from Pandit Hazarilal, foremost student of Nritya Samrat Ashaque Hussain.