**GURU RAJEE NARAYAN assisted by JAISHREE RAO** **GURU RAJEE NARAYAN**, born in 1931, started learning dance in her fifth year and achieved fame as a dancer and a dance guru. She trained innumerable disciples in her institution “Nrityageetanjali” in Mumbai. As a scholar, she has several audio and video productions and books to her credit including *Rural Rhythms, Natyasastramala, Sangeetasastramala* and *Jatimala*. A widely respected teacher Guru Rajee Narayan is the best combination of a scholar - performer researcher. **JAISHREE RAO** is a senior disciple of Guru Rajee Narayan and Vyjayantimala Bali and assists her Guru in conducting Bharatanatyam classes in Mumbai. When we say Bharatanatyam, our mind immediately goes to Nandikeswara’s Abhinaya Darpan, Bharata’s Natya Sastra, Tanjore brothers and Smt. T. Balasaraswathi. Bharatanatyam is believed to be the mother of all Indian art forms. We have read that Lord Brahma created the Natya Sastra or the fifth Veda, taking important aspects from