Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee dancer Sreedevi Rajan dies at 84

Noted dancer Sreedevi Rajan, winner of the 2024 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, died in Kochi on Tuesday at 84. The daughter of Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair and Kalamandalam Kalyanikuttyamma, she directed the dance institution Nrithakshethra on Warriam Road. Her cremation is scheduled at the Ravipuram crematorium on Wednesday morning.