Ahuti means sacrifice in Sanskrit. This is a Bharatanatyam recital accompanied by a live orchestra – the theme around this recital is to celebrate the legacy of Sri Adyar K Lakshman.

Srija will be presenting a set of traditional items with three other dancers. The items were taught to Srija by Guru Roja Kannan, and the choreography is composed by legend Adyar k. Lakshman. Lakshman sir was trained in Carnatic music, Bharatanatyam, Mridangam and Nattuvangam. The orchestra will be presented by a nattunavar, Meena Subramanian, who is Roja Kannan’s sister. Singer Smt. Janani Swamy and Vidwan Tarun Bangalore on Mridangam.

Srija is an East Asian descent Bharatanatyam dancer and a disciple of Guru Smt. Vanishree Ravishankar, (disciple of Savithri Jagannath Rao) and Guru Kalaimamani Smt. Roja Kannan. She has been passionately training Kalakshetra style and practicing it since 2015.

Being a non Indian and didn’t have opportunity to learn this dance in her childhood, it was passion that drove her to dig deeper into the language, culture, mythological stories and she has been to Chennai many times to train.

Her journey in Bharatanatyam actually started with Bollywood dance. By sheer chance, she casually enrolled into a fitness class inspired by Bollywood movement and felt an instant connection to the music. She then joined a few Bollywood and Bhangra dance teams, and while doing Bollywood was very intrigued by the mudras and steps used in semi classical style Bollywood and she decided to try out a Bharatanatyam class. The rest is history.

In October 2022, she made a bold decision to quit her job in tech and focus solely on building her dance, she built her website Nritya Studios that offers Kalakshetra style adavus modules, core exercise and much more.

In August 2023, Srija completed her arangetram under Guru Smt. Vanishree in Chennai. She has now opened admission to her dance school, Nrityaarpnana school of Bharatanatyam, and formally started teaching.