Dancer Astad Deboo conferred with Yagnaraman Living Legend Award

July 02, 2018 11:47

On Sunday, July 1, Astad Deboo, India's finest contemporary dancer, was conferred the Yagnaraman Living Legend Award 2018 by the Chennai-based Sri Krishna Gana Sabha.

Photograph alongside shows Deboo receiving the award from critic and author Leela Venkatraman and industrialist and arts patron Dr Nalli Kuppuswamy Chettiar, whose family is behind the popular Nalli silk saris.

To know more about Astad Deboo's remarkable life, do read this article on Rediff.com, The dancer, the legend.

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