Saroja Vaidyanathan
Saroja Vaidyanathan (19 September 1937 – 21 September 2023) was an Indian choreographer, guru and a notable exponent of Bharatanatyam. She was conferred the Padma Shri in 2002 and the Padma Bhushan in 2013 by the Government of India. She died on 21 September 2023, two days after her 86th birthday.