"Swaranartana" is a Classical Dance, Music, and Yoga school in Hyderabad, India, established in 2015. In 2009, along with her husband, Sri Denduluri Nalini Mohan, Smt. Padma co-founded the Denduluri Foundation to provide training in cultural and educational activities and enable access to arts for the younger generations.

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Key Objectives

The main objective of Swaranatana is to provide rigorous and structured training in Andhra Natyam to interested individuals and train future teachers. To make Andhra Natyam more widely accessible, Swaranartana offers programs at subsidized costs and waived fees. As such, Smt. Padma has been collating theoretical aspects, lost songs, traditional harmonies, and Andhra Natyam's unique footwork to compile a comprehensive record of the dance form.

To revive, promote and create awareness on the temple dance form that is Andra Natyam, the Denduluri Foundation and Swaranartana co-produced a series of documentaries. Along with Smt. Karnati Navatha, Smt Padma spent over one and a half years conceptualizing the first-of-its-kind documentary illustrating the evolution, nomenclature, and traditions of Andhra Natyam.

 

The intricacies and influences of the three distinctive dance styles: Agama,, Aasthana, and Parijatha Nrithyas, which together constitute the Andhra Natyam dance form, are gracefully and clearly introduced through the pieces in the documentary. This comprehensive documentary received critical acclaim and helped shine the public and media spotlight on Andhra Natyam. It was launched in 2015 by Sri Venkaiah Naidu, Hon'ble Union Minister for Urban Development & Parliamentary Affairs, Sri Kamineni Srinivas, Hon'ble Minister for Health, Govt A.P., Sri K.V. Ramanachary IAS (Retd) Advisor to Govt of Telangana State, and Guru Sri. Kalakrishna.

Since this first documentary in 2015, Swarnartana, led by Smt, Padma has envisioned, produced, performed, and made available over eight different pieces in the A n d r a Natyam style of performance. Sri. Guru Kala Krishna Garu enabled these visions into reality by choreographing the lyrical songs and mythological themes into unique, stylistically elaborate, true Andra Natyam performances. These choreographies capture the classical and historical attributes of the dance form and provide a visual illustration of the dance form's transformation and development with the times.
A series of these documentaries are available and constantly updated on Swarnartana's YouTube channel for everyone to watch, access, and learn. Many of these pieces have been picked and utilized by media outlets and art enthusiasts to demonstrate Andhra Natyam and the importance of Indian classical arts, particularly during religious festivals, social gatherings, and spiritual events.