Acharya Pratistha is an Indian yoga guru, Kathak guru, former diplomat and author. She is a founding member of ‘Bharat College of Performing Arts’, an Indian classical dance music and yoga institute in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
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Acharya Pratishtha Sharma was born on 1 December in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Their zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Childhood picture of Acharya Pratishtha with his mother
She did her schooling from a convent school. From 2001 to 2003, she pursued BA Hons in English, Yoga and Kathak from Delhi University. Later, he did MA from Indira Kala Sangeet University, Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh. He has obtained Diploma in Kathak from Kathak Centre, New Delhi. He did Visharad from Bhatkhande Sangeet Sansthan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Prabhakar from Prayag Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
His grandfather, Pandit Bishamber Singh, was a National Award winning educationist. His father Pandit Bharat Bhushan is a Padmashree yoga guru. He has an elder brother, Divya Nidhi Sharma.
Acharya Pratishtha and his father
Acharya Pratistha with her mother
husband and children
Acharya Pratishtha is married to Dheeraj Saraswat. The couple is blessed with a daughter named Devi Pratyaksha Sharma.
Acharya Pratistha with her husband
Acharya Pratishtha and his daughter
livelihood
as a kathak dancer
At the age of 3, she started learning Kathak, the Indian classical dance form. Later, she received a gold medal in Kathak at the National Institute of Kathak, New Delhi. She is among the Indian classical dancers who have inspired Kathak dancers through the Indian classical dance show “Nritya Naad”, which airs thrice every day on Zee Network channels. Acharya Pratishtha has helped promote Indian culture through various sources such as magazines, books, CDs, online videos and TV and radio shows. She has included various social issues like female feticide, women’s liberation, child labor and education and dowry in her dance acts to raise awareness among the people.
Acharya Pratishtha performing Kathak
He started a dance institute named Mokshayatan Dance Foundation in 2001. She is the founder principal of ‘Bharat College of Performing Arts’, an Indian classical dance, music and yoga institute in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She is proficient in various Kathak movements like ‘Laya,’ ‘Footwork,’ ‘Chakkar,’ and ‘Bhav.’
She has performed Kathak on various national and international platforms and has won many honors for India. Apart from performing Kathak, he has also trained many Kathak students in India and other countries. He was once selected by ICCR, Ministry of External Affairs to promote Kathak and Yoga in Johannesburg and Jakarta. He has taken training in Kathak from Pandit Rajendra Gangani of Jaipur Gharana. Acharya has been a ranked artiste of Pratishtha Doordarshan and is associated with Spike Mackey and IRCEN, an initiative to support emerging artistes in India. She has worked with many renowned Kathak gurus such as Guru Rajendra Gangani, Guru Jaikishan Maharaj, Guru Gitanjali Lal and Ms. Aditi Mangaldas.
as an elf
He was inclined towards yoga since childhood as his father is a famous yoga guru. As a child, she accompanied her father to various yoga seminars, camps and tours. After this he took professional training in Yoga for about 6 years from Guru Shankar Apte at Kathak Center in New Delhi. At the age of 20, he started working as a yoga consultant. On 2 October 2007, she was launched by Zee Network and World Yoga Organization as the youngest Yogacharya and Mind Therapist. His yoga show “Jago Bharat Dhyana Yoga Andolan” is telecast three times a day on TV channel Zee Jagran. Apart from Zee channels, she has appeared in yoga shows on various channels like ETV, India TV, Total TV and Doordarshan.
Acharya Pratishtha during his yoga session
She has also done yoga for the advertisement film ‘Incredible India’ released by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Acharya Pratishtha has conducted various yoga camps for corporates, students, police force and prisoners. Acharya Pratistha has also worked as a yoga consultant at Amatra Health Spa and Ashoka Hotel, and has conducted yoga sessions at ‘Mokshayatana International’ for Indian and foreign yoga lovers. Apart from India, he has conducted various yoga seminars in countries like Japan, South Africa, Mauritius and China. In 2006, 2008 and 2009, she choreographed a yoga presentation for the Ministry of Health, Government of India. Of India.
as a writer
Acharya Pratishtha has written 5 books on Yoga and Kathak. Her first book, “Diabetes, Why Die-A-Bit-Ease?”, was published when she was 25. Mokshayatana was published by International Yogashram. His book “Essential Elements of Kathak” was published by the Embassy of India, Jakarta and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations on 26 January 2014.
Acharya Pratishtha gifts her book to the President of India Ram Nath Kovind
He has written articles on yoga for various magazines such as Sakhi Patrika of India’s Jagran Group and Tahastu Patrika of the United States. In 2016, his second book ‘Yoga for Healthy Life’ was published and released by AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik.
Acharya Pratishtha’s book on Kathak
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Served as the Director of the World’s Largest Center for Indian Culture of the Government of India
- Named as Yoga/Kathak Guru cum Artist at Indian Embassy, Johannesburg and Jakarta
- Youngest Yogacharya and Mind Therapist by World Yoga Organization and Zee Network in 2007
- Celebrity judge in the international pageant “Miss India Indonesia”
- “Tejaswini Samman” Top 100 Women of India
- Recognition by Doordarshan: Award by Hon. Vice President of India
- “Queen of Kathak Yoga” an international honor by Pulian International, China
- ‘Ayurveda Samman’ by Association of Ayurvedic Physicians, Mauritius
- “Kathak Samrajni” – Kala Sangam Academy of Music and Dance
- “Dainik Jagran Strong Women Award”-Dainik Jagran
- Scholarship from Kathak Centre, New Delhi for the entire training period of 5 years
- National Scholarship from Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
Facts/General Knowledge
- She is an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna.
Acharya Pratishtha praying
- Acharya Pratistha is an ardent animal lover.
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Source: vcmp.edu.vn