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Balasaraswati

1918 - 1984

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Tanjore Balasaraswati, also known as Balasaraswati (13 May 1918 – 9 February 1984), was an Indian dancer, and her rendering of Bharatanatyam, a classical dance style originated in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, made this style of dancing well known in different parts of India and many parts of the world. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1957 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1977, the third and the second highest civilian honours given by the Government of India. In 1973, she was awarded the Sangeetha Kalanidhi by the Madras Music Academy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balasaraswati has received more than 246,836 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Balasaraswati is the 85th most popular dancer (down from 81st in 2019), the 668th most popular biography from India (up from 684th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Balasaraswatis by language

Over the past year Balasaraswati has had the most page views in the with 35,368 views, followed by Hindi (4,569), and Tamil (4,441). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Gujarati (300.00%), Hindi (126.86%), and Egyptian Arabic (119.05%)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Balasaraswati ranks 85 out of 116. Before her are Joaquín Cortés, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Doris Humphrey, Natalia Dudinskaya, Hryhorii Chapkis, and Yamini Krishnamurthy. After her are Avdotia Istomina, Kenneth MacMillan, Adam Darius, Yvonne Rainer, Katherine Dunham, and Frankie Manning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Balasaraswati ranks 233. Before her are Stubby Kaye, Gunnar Sønsteby, Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, René Rémond, Noronha, and Viktor Talalikhin. After her are Don McNeill, Enrique Tierno Galván, Luciano Emmer, Artur Brauner, Horacio Casarín, and Spike Milligan. Among people deceased in 1984, Balasaraswati ranks 197. Before her are Isaak Kikoin, Elizabeth Goudge, Víctor Balaguer, Alice Neel, Martin Luther King Sr., and Bernard Lonergan. After her are Anna Świrszczyńska, Chester Himes, Chuck Cooper, Aldo Campatelli, Anders Haugen, and Esther Phillips.

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In India

Among people born in India, Balasaraswati ranks 668 out of 1,861. Before her are Asha Parekh (1942), Anandiben Patel (1941), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), and Basawan (1560). After her are Nalini Bala Devi (1898), Roshanara Begum (1617), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Nirmala Joshi (1934), Zeenat Aman (1951), and Asaf-ud-Daula (1748).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Balasaraswati ranks 5. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), and Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940). After her are Sonal Mansingh (1944), Saroj Khan (1948), Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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