Pushpa Bhuyan | |
Birth Place: | Jorhat, Assam, India[1] |
Death Place: | New Delhi, India |
Occupation: | Classical dancer |
Known For: | Bharatanatyam and Sattriya |
Awards: | Padma Shri NE TV Lifetime Achievement Award |
Pushpa Bhuyan (– 7 October 2015) was an Indian classical dancer specialising in the Indian classical dance forms of Bharatanatyam and Sattriya.[2] She comes from the Northeast Indian state of Assam, and learned sattriya from Bhabananda Barbayan.[3] She later studied bharatanatyam under Guru Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer.[4] [5] She has also tutored other dancers. A recipient of the North East Television Lifetime Achievement Award, Pushpa Bhuyan was honoured by the Government of India, in 2002, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[6]