Bhubaneswar: Eminent Bharatanatyam guru Sri Ganesan from Malaysia collaged and died on the stage during an event in Odisha capital on Friday evening. He was 60.
According to reports, Ganesan was in the city to attend the three-day Jayadev Samaroha organised by National Cultural Mission. He performed a piece based on Gita Govinda last evening and collapsed while lighting the lamp. He was rushed to Capital Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
Ganesan was the president of Malaysia Bharatanatyam Dance Association and also the director of Sri Ganesalaya in Kuala Lumpur.