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dr. kanak rele, the empress of the mohini attam received guru gopinath national natya puraskaram and aditya vikram birla kalashikhar.           celebrated dance exponent received lifetime achievement award. dr. (mrs.) kanak rele, the maestro of the mohini attam dance form of kerala has received guru gopinath national natya puraskaram and aditya vikram birla kalashikhar puraskar for 2018… founder-director of nalanda dance research centre and founder principal of the nalanda nritya kala mahavidyalaya (mumbai), dr. (mrs.) kanak rele (age 81); one of the most highly recognised and honoured indian clas*ical dance exponents, a pioneering dance educationist and a noted dance scholar; has once again received recognitions for her significant contribution to the clas*ical dance form – mohini attam, which is also known as mohiniattam or mohiniyattam. according to a press note from the nalanda dance research centre, dr. rele has been conferred with two prestigious awards in december 2018: guru gopinath national natya puraskaram – a lifetime achievement award instituted by the natanagramam on behalf of the cultural affairs department of kerala; and aditya vikram birla kalashikhar puraskar – instituted by the sangit kala kendra headed by the birla group since time immemorial, indian dance forms had gained popularity not only inside the country but also at different parts of the world. however, with pas*age of time, many of these clas*ical art forms faded due to lack of adequate sponsorship and systematic conservation efforts. dr. rele, a qualified lawyer and researcher in international law at the university of manchester u.k., also took up the cause to promote the mohini attam dance form and received her ph.d. from the faculty of fine arts, university of mumbai. around fifty years ago, when mohini attam had reached a point where only a few items from its once rich repertoire were remembered, dr. rele received a research grant (1970-71) from the ford foundation and filmed the traditional dances of the surviving