Padma-winning couple has danced together for over 50 years
VP and Shanta Dhananjayan, a Padma Bhushan-winning couple who are Bharatanatyam dancers and teachers, have been performing together for over 50 years. They met at Chennai's Kalakshetra academy in 1953, graduated with distinction in 1962, and got married in 1966 in Kerala. They later founded the Bharata Kalanjali, now internationally recognised as a premier institution for Bharatanatyam. 