The High Commission of India, Colombo, will organize a Bharatha Natyam recital by Varisha Narayanan from India at the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre, Gregory’s Road, Colombo 7 on November 29 at 6 p.m. .
Varisha Narayanan grew up in an atmosphere of music and dance. Her grandmother Smt. Ambika Buch is a renowned Bharatha Natyam dancer and teacher and retired senior professor of the Kalakshetra Foundation, India. Varisha was initiated towards art by her mother Jyotsna Buch and grandmother Ambika. She later started training under Guru Sri. K M Jayakrishnan, a senior artist and teacher at the Kalakshetra Foundation. She is currently pursuing her Master’s in Bharatha Natyam at the University of Madras. She has been awarded Best Performer prize by Sri Parthasarathy Swamy Sabha, India, for her performance at their festival for the dance and music season “Bharat Nritya Utsav” Varisha is an integral part of Svanubhava, India. Svanubhava was conceptualized by Smt Bombay Jayashree and Shri T M Krishna to welcome students to the diverse, multicultural world of Indian art and introduce them to the underlying beauty of even the rarest forms.