VIP presence:Guinness Book of World Records representative Pranav Patil with dancers from Adilabad. —PHOTO: BY ARRANGEMENT

Bharatnatyam exponent Samudrala Madhavi Ramanujam has once again brought laurels to Adilabad as 23 of her students were among the 5,000 dancers who participated in the world record achieving dance performance for Guinness Book of World Records (GBWL) at Gachibowli stadium in Hyderabad on December 25 last.

The effort of the students from Adilabad came in for special appreciation from Pranav Patil, the GBWL representative from New York. “He exhibited great interest in learning more about the effort when I told him about my students originating from a remote corner of Andhra Pradesh. He was happy that the dance form has found a foothold in such places,” Ms. Madhavi, who runs the Vibhavari Natya Akademi in town, said of her interaction with Mr. Patil.

Among the 23 students was P. Mahita, the 10-year-old daughter of P. Satyanarayana and Shyamala, who will soon be arranging for her ‘Arangetram’ at Ravindra Bharati. She has already staged performances at Tyagaraya Gana Sabha in Hyderabad besides the Guinness record effort.

source: http://www.TheHindu.com / Home> In School / by Staff Reporter / Adilabad, January 08th, 2013