Maneesha Nrityalaya

A sweeping win for the students of Maneesha Nrityalaya ✨
With the blessings of our Guru, Maneesha Tai, budding young dancers of Maneesha Nrityalaya have won big at the Kalanjali National Level Competition 2026 organised by Kalanand.

The prizes are as follows -

1. Junior category (Duet) : 1st prize - Nidhi Walimbe & Velika Kabadi

2. Senior category (Solo) : 1st prize - Poorva Godbole & Chinmayee Aglawe
2nd prize - Asmi Bhagwat

3. Senior category (Duet) : 2nd prize - Agni Kaduskar & Saloni Kardile

4. Senior category (Group) : 1st prize - Maneesha Nrityalaya (Poorva Godbole, Vaibhavi Chitale, Radha Thakar, Jiya Chauhan, Shravi Joglekar, Arya Nagine, Saloni Kardile

Awards :
1. Best choreography - Maneesha Nrityalaya group, Guru Pta. Maneesha Tai.

2. Kala Rasa Bhaav Sanman - Poorva Godbole

We are so proud of these girls and their tai-s for their constant efforts. The senior category girls are a part of our extra riyaaj batch started by Tai with the aim of making extra practice available for upcoming dancers. This batch is conducted by Sarveshwari Sathe and assisted by Nandini Kulkarni. The juniors are our budding talent from the batch conducted by Chaitrali Utturkar.

None of this is possible without the continued support, guidance and encouragement from our Guru, Pandita Maneesha Sathe Tai. We are also grateful for the teachings and efforts of our senior tai-s 🙏🏻

Thank you Kalanand for providing such a beautiful platform to young dancers✨

Wishing these budding winners a bright future ahead!✨

Namaskar
It gives us immense pride to share that our Guru, Pta. Maneesha Sathe ji will receive the highly prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award today! She will receive this award at the hands of the Hon’ble President of India - Smt. Droupadi Murmu ji.

What is even more wonderful is that, we will be able to see her receive this honour live!✨
The live streaming of this program begins at 11:30 am today.
YouTube Link - https://www.youtube.com/live/Vy2tjeKeQVc?is=gVti69RfcG38vwmx

Let us join in celebrating this historic milestone ✨

Namaskar,
We are happy to share that with the blessings of our Guru, Maneesha Nrityalaya is a part of - the
✨Shivanaad Nrutya Mahotsav 2026✨

The senior disciples of Guru Maneesha Tai will be performing a few of her group choreographies. We are also proud to share that this Mahotsav will see Guru Pta. Maneesha Tai's senior disciple, Vallarie Apte Tai be awarded the ✨Yuva Nrutya Vaibhav Puraskar✨

This is a very proud and special moment for us!

Details of the program are as follows :
🗓️ 10th of August 2026 i.e today
🕔 5:00 pm onwards
📍 Near Mandai Mhasoba Mandir

We invite all of you to be present for this special occasion🙏🏼

See you then!