Alekhya punjala biography template

Alekhya Punjala is an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and dance teacher from Telangana. She is an exponent in Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam.

She has received the Ugadi Vishishtha Award and the Hamsa Award from the Andhra Pradesh government.

Alekhya punjala biography template

She received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Kuchipudi in 2011. She has also been awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.

Biography

Alekhya was born on April 9, 1962, in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.^[1] Her husband P.

Vinay Kumar is a surgeon-gastroenterologist.^[2] They married in 1982 and the couple has two sons, Sashwath Punjala and Devansh Punjala.^[3][2]

Career

Alekhya Punjala is a Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam dancer from Telangana.

She began her dance studies at the age of four while studying in a Montessori school in Hyderabad, under Dayal Sharan, the dance teacher of the school.^[4] She said that Dayal intended to teach her Odissi and Kathak, bu