This is a list of the Kathak

Kathak

Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances, originated from Uttar Pradesh, India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathaks, or storytellers...

 gurus and well known performers. Traditionally, there are three gharana

Gharana

In Hindustani music, a gharānā is a system of social organization linking musicians or dancers by lineage or apprenticeship, and by adherence to a particular musical style. A gharana also indicates a comprehensive musicological ideology. This ideology sometimes changes substantially from one...

s this Indian classical dance form: Lucknow

Lucknow

Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....

, Jaipur

Jaipur

Jaipur , also popularly known as the Pink City, is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of more than 3.1 million....

 and Benaras.

Gharana Founders

• Bhanuji - Founder: Jaipur Gharana
• Ishwari Prasad - Founder:Lucknow Gharana
• Janaki Prasad - Founder: Benaras Gharana
• Raja Chakradhar Singh - Founder: Raigarh Gharana

Lucknow gharana

The following is a list of the Guru

Guru

A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

s of the Lucknow Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Ishwari Prasad:

1. Adguji
2. Khadguji
3. Tularamji
4. Prakashji
5. Dayalji
6. Harilalji
7. Durga Prasad
8. Thakur Prasad
9. Mansinghji
10. Bindadin Maharaj
11. Kalka Prasad Maharaj
12. Bhairon Prasadji
13. Wajid Ali Shah
    Wajid Ali Shah
    Wajid Ali Shah was the fifth King of Oudh, holding the position from 13 February 1847 to 7 February 1856....
    
    
14. Achhan Maharaj
15. Lachhu Maharaj
    Lachhu Maharaj
    Lachhu Maharaj was an Indian dancer. He came from a family of illustrious Kathak exponents in Lucknow.He received extensive training from Pandit Bindadin Maharaj, his uncle and the court dancer of the Nawab of Awadh, for nearly ten years...
    
    
16. Shambhu Maharaj
    Shambhu Maharaj
    Pandit Shambhu Maharaj was a celebrated Guru of the Lucknow Gharana of the Indian classical dance form, Kathak. -Early life and training:...
    
    
17. Birju Maharaj
    Birju Maharaj
    Brijmo Mishra popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj is currently the leading exponent of the Varanasi Kalka-Bindadin gharana of Kathak dance in India.He is a descendant of the legendary Maharaj family of Kathak dancers, including his two uncles, Shambhu Maharaj and Lachhu Maharaj, and his father...
    
    
18. Krishna Mohan Maharaj
19. Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
    Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
    Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak had the distinction of singularly sustaining the tradition of classical dance in Pakistan and producing students like Nahid Siddiqui, Fasih ur-Rehman, Nighat Chaudry, Amy Minwala and Panna among many others. Ghulam Hussain was born in Calcutta.Ghulam Hussain came to...
    
    
20. Ram Mohan Maharaj
21. Saswati Sen
    Saswati Sen
    Saswati Sen is a leading Indian exponent of Kathak, an Indian classical dance form. She is a senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj. She achieved early fame by dancing in Satyajit Ray's film, The Chess Players , his invocation of Lucknow society at its "Paris of India" zenith. She also teaches...
    
    
22. Jai Kishan Maharaj
23. Deepak Maharaj
24. Mamta Maharaj

Jaipur gharana

The following is a list of the Guru

Guru

A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

s of the Jaipur Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Bhanuji:

1. Maluji
2. Laluji
3. Kanuji
4. Gidhaji
5. Shejaji
6. Dulhaji
7. Hari Prasad
8. Hanuman Prasad
9. Mohanlal
10. Chiranjilal
11. Jailal Ji
12. Narayan Prasad
13. Shyamlal
14. Chunnilal
15. Durga Prasad
16. Govardhan
17. Charan Girdhar Chand
18. Tej Prakash Tulsi
19. Sunder Prasad
20. Kundan Lal Gangani
21. Manish kumar gangani
22. Durga Lal
    Durga Lal
    Durga Lal was a renowned Kathak dancer from Jaipur in Indian state of Rajasthan.- References :*...
    
    
23. Ram Gopal Misra
24. Guru Susmita Misra
25. Kajal Misra(Roy)
26. Harish gangani barodawale
27. Jagdish gangani
28. Rajendar gangani
29. Praveen gangani
30. Harish gangani

Benaras gharana

The following is a list of the Guru

Guru

A guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...

s of the Benaras Gharana, beginning with the disciples of Janaki Prasad:

1. Chunnilal
2. Dulharam
3. Ganeshilal
4. Biharilal ji
5. vinod kumarji
6. Sohan lalji
7. krishan lal ji
8. Mohan lal ji
9. Gopalji
10. Maharaj krishan kumar
11. Sunayana hazarilal
12. Sandeep kumar
13. Shankar lal ji
14. puran lal ji
15. Sitara Devi
16. Natraj Gopi Krishna
17. Vaibhav Joshi

Gurus (deceased)

• Damayanti Joshi
  Damayanti Joshi
  Damayanti Joshi was a noted Indian classical dancer in the Kathak dance form. Starting as young dancer in the troupe of Madame Menaka in the 1930s, which travelled to many parts of the world...
  
  
• Devi Lal
• Rohini Bhate
• Shanker Dev Jha
  Shanker Dev Jha
  Shanker Dev Jha was a legendary artist and primary guru of Kathak. A leading scholar of Kathak, he was honored with many titles, including "Natraja" prior to India's independence....
  
  

+ Bireshwar Gautam

(in order of seniority)

• Pt. Sundarlal Gangani
• Pt. Manish Gangani
• Pt. Shyamal Maharaj
• Roshan Kumari ji
• Kumudini Lakhia
  Kumudini Lakhia
  Kumudini Lakhia is an Indian Kathak dancer and choreographer based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, where she founded Kadamb School of Dance and Music, an institute of Indian dance and music in 1967....
  
  
• Maya Rao
• Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
  Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak
  Maharaj Ghulam Hussain Kathak had the distinction of singularly sustaining the tradition of classical dance in Pakistan and producing students like Nahid Siddiqui, Fasih ur-Rehman, Nighat Chaudry, Amy Minwala and Panna among many others. Ghulam Hussain was born in Calcutta.Ghulam Hussain came to...
  
  
• Smt. Reba Vidyarthi
• Pratap Pawar
• Nandini Singh
• Geetanjali Lal
• Shakti Bhatnagar Robertshttp://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050123/society.htm
• Chitresh Das
  Chitresh Das
  Chitresh Das is a classical dancer of the North Indian style of Kathak. Born in Calcutta, Das is a performer, choreographer, composer, and educator. He was instrumental in bringing Kathak to the U.S. and is credited with firmly establishing Kathak amongst American dancers and the Indian diaspora...
  
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• Satya Narayana Charka
• Bachan Lal Mishra
• Vijai Shankar
• Mukta Joshi
• Asha Joglekar
• Sushmita Misra
• Manjiri Deo
• Nandakishore Kapote
• Harish gangani barodawale
• Jagdish gangani
• Rajendra Gangani
  Rajendra Gangani
  Rajendra Gangani is a renowned Kathak dancer trained in the Jaipur Gharana, notable for his innovative style. For his outstanding contribution to Kathak, Gangani received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003 from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam , the highest award for contribution to Indian performing...
  
  
• Praveen gangani
• Harish gangani
• Ms.Anurag Verma-Jaipur,Rajasthan
• Shovana Narayan
  Shovana Narayan
  Shovana Narayan is best known as one of the best Kathak danseuses in the world. She performs in India and around the world, and has been awarded the Padma Shri. Her guru is Birju Maharaj....
  
  
• Guru Chitra Venugopal http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profl102.html

(Younger Artists)

• Gauri Jog (dancer)
• jagdish gangani barodawale
• Rajendra Gangani
  Rajendra Gangani
  Rajendra Gangani is a renowned Kathak dancer trained in the Jaipur Gharana, notable for his innovative style. For his outstanding contribution to Kathak, Gangani received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2003 from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam , the highest award for contribution to Indian performing...
  
  
• Ms. Anurag Verma Jaipur
• Parveen Gangani
• Parwati Dutta
• harish gangani
• Prerana Deshpande
  Prerana Deshpande
  Prerana Deshpande is one of the leading exponents of Kathak dance in India. She studied Kathak under Guru-Shishya Parampara from legendary Dr. Rohini Bhate, the doyen of Lucknow and Jaipur gharanas for over twenty years. Prerana Deshpande is known for equal mastery over various aspects of Kathak...
  
  
• Manisha Gulyani
• Asawaree Patankar
• Neha Pendse
• Akram Khan (dancer)
  Akram Khan (dancer)
  Akram Khan, MBE is a dancer whose background is rooted in his classical kathak training and contemporary dance.-Career:Khan was born in London into a family of Bangladeshi origin. He began dancing and trained in the classical Indian dance form of Kathak at the age of seven. He studied with Sri...
  
  
• Debasis Pradhan(Botu Maharaj)
• V.Anuradha Singh
• Alpana Vajpeyi
• Vaibhav Joshi