Tamil Nadu Timeline

Rukmini Devi Arundale

3 events, 1932 to 1936.

  1. 1932

    1. 1932ChennaiCulture

      Proposal to rename sadir as Bharatanatyam

      E. Krishna Iyer moved a resolution at the Madras Music Academy to rename the dance form sadir as Bharatanatyam.

  2. 1935

    1. 1935AdyarCulture

      Rukmini Devi's first public Bharatanatyam performance

      At the Theosophical Society's Diamond Jubilee convention, Rukmini Devi Arundale danced Bharatanatyam in public for the first time.

  3. 1936

    1. Jan 1936Adyar, ChennaiCulture

      Kalakshetra founded by Rukmini Devi Arundale

      Rukmini Devi Arundale founded Kalakshetra at Adyar, Madras, an academy for Bharatanatyam and the arts.