Learn Bharatanatyam
from Ahmedabad.
Live weekend classes for children in the USA and Canada, taught by a Master's-qualified guru in the Pandanallur tradition.
A real school. Real students.
Sixteen students and their teacher, Vastral, Ahmedabad.
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Alankar with distinction
the Master's-equivalent certification in Bharatanatyam
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Pandanallur bani
trained under Guru Ananth Menon
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Mudra School of Indian Classical Dances, est. 1973
one of Gujarat's oldest classical dance institutions
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50 students
learning in Vastral, Ahmedabad since 2021
Pandanallur bani — geometry you can see.
Why a teacher in India
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Small batches.
Six to eight students. Binni teaches every class herself — there are no assistant teachers and no recorded-video “courses.”
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A real lineage.
Pandanallur is the tradition Kalakshetra itself was derived from. Most North American schools teach Kalakshetra style; this is the older root.
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Saturday and Sunday mornings, your time.
No weeknight scramble after school.
Class schedule
Shown in your local time automatically. The India time is noted underneath.
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Batch A — Beginners, ages 6–9
Saturdays, 6:30 PM– 7:30 PM IST
Sundays, 6:30 PM– 7:30 PM IST
What we don't offer yet
Kalika Nrityalay opened in July 2021. Bharatanatyam arangetram takes seven to ten years of training, so we have no arangetram graduates — and we won't pretend otherwise. What we do is build the foundation correctly: adavus, aramandi, hasta, and the theory underneath them, taught the way Binni was taught. If your daughter starts here at seven, she will be ready when the time comes.
See if it's the right fit.
Your first two classes are free, with no registration fee.