Dakshina Vaidyanathan hails from a family of eminent Bharatanatyam dancers and has trained under the able tutelage of her Grand Mother Guru Saroja Vaidyanathan and her mother Rama Vaidyanathan. She was awarded the CCRT scholarship by the Department of Culture Govt. of India in 2003, The KalpanaChawala Award, in the Young Achievers' category in 2005 and the Sahitya Kala Parishad Scholarship in 2012. She has been part of the Youth Festival in China, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Turkmenisthan, Kyrgysthan, Turkey on her own merit.
Dakshina has been actively teaching Bharatanatyam and choreographing several dance productions. She has conceived and directed two productions titled "From Zero to Infinity" and "Nakshatra". She also holds workshop demonstrations and travels widely within the country through SPICMACAY and is an active performer with Soorya. She is also an empanelled artist with the ICCR. She is the Honorary President of SARVAM- an NGO started under her Guru for teaching dance to the socially and economically backward, and the mentally and physically challenged.
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