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Samt. Bragha Bessel
(Bharathanatyam)
"Bragha Guruswamy Bessell is a rare joy for dance and dancers alike" is what dance and music magazine Sruti had to say in 1999. Six years of staying away from active performance has not in any way diminished her striving for perfection or her ability to mesmerize her audience with the beauty of her nritta and abhinaya. Bragha had her initial training under late guru Mangudi Durairaj Iyer and did her arangetram in 1966 at the Chidambaram temple. She learnt for nearly 15 years from late guru Kunchitapadam Pillai and honed her knowledge of Bharatanatyam under eminent gurus Adyar K Lakshman (nritta), Kalanidhi Narayanan (abhinaya) and late guru Kamalarani (nattuvangam). She did not want anything or anyone to come between her and dance. Yet, the course of her life and marriage took her away to Saudi Arabia ...
| Title | Given by | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nrithya Kalanidhi. | The Music Academy |
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Thiruveezhimizhalai S. Kanaka...(Title Bestow ) Ramya Harishankar-Title Best Samt. Bragha Bessel-Title Best Dr. Gayatri Kannan-Title Best Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam-Felicitato Justice Prabha Sridevan-Felicitato Jayanthi Subramaniam-Felicitato | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 04/07/2026 |
 R. K. Shriramkumar...(Violin) Amritha Murali-Vocal - Ca Samt. Bragha Bessel-Bharathana | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 07/06/2024 |
 Samt. Bragha Bessel...(Chief Guest - Presiding Personality) Students - Sreedevi Priya Sriram-Bharathana | RR Sabha - Sundareswarar Hall | 10/08/2023 |
 Rama Vaidhyanathan...(Others) Dr. Narthaki Nataraj-Others Samt. Bragha Bessel-Others | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 03/01/2023 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel (Lec-Dem) | Music Academy Mini Hall (Kasthuri S | 23/12/2022 |
 Jin Shanshun...(Bharathanatyam) Jessica Wu-Bharathana Samt. Bragha Bessel-Others Praveen Kumar.-Others | Spanda s Facebook page | 25/07/2021 |
 Priyadarshini Govind...(Others) Samt. Bragha Bessel-Others Dr. Urmila Sathyanarayanan-Others Indira Kadambi-Others | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 28/12/2019 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel (Lec-Dem) | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 19/05/2019 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel (Bharathanatyam) | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 10/02/2019 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel (Bharathanatyam) | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 06/01/2019 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel (Bharathanatyam) | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 20/10/2018 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel (Bharathanatyam) | Arkay Convention Center | 08/04/2018 |
 Dr. S. Sowmya...(Vocal - Carnatic) Samt. Bragha Bessel-Bharathana Thiruvarur Girish-Vocal - Ca | The ARTery | 02/03/2018 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel... (Bharathanatyam) Priyadarshini Govind-Bharathana Sheejith Krishna-Bharathana Mythili Prakash-Bharathana | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 28/12/2017 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel (Bharathanatyam) | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 21/10/2017 |
| Samt. Bragha Bessel (Bharathanatyam) | Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium | 23/12/2016 |