He received the Padma Shri award from the president of India in 1989, and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (Bharatnatyam) in 1991 by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music Dance & Drama.
Apart from his associations with various cultural institutions, he is associated with the Project of Support to Sattriya Dance, and Dance Music, Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi as "Guru" providing advanced training in Sattriya Dance and Khol.
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Shri Bora is also associated with a national level Sangeet Natak Akademi project called "Onkia Bhaauna - RaamBijoy Naat" in Brojavoli dialect.
Currently, Sangeet Natak Akademi does not consider the recently reconstructed dance styles of Andhra Pradesh such as Andhra Natyam and Vilasini Natyam as "classical".
She was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1976, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
Books on several subjects including Dance, Drama, Music, Theatre, Sociology, Folklore, Tribal Studies, Indian History and Culture, Indian Art, Religion and Epics, Mythology, Anthropology and Reference works such as Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Yearbooks, Bibliographies, Indexes and Newspaper clippings about Academy Awards and eminent artistes in the field of performing arts, can be found here.
She has also received Sangeet Natak Akademi’s ‘Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar’ for her contribution to theatre.
She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for theatre acting in Marathi and Hindi theatre in 1987, the award is given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.
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A recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi and Kalaimamani awards, Narayanaswamy accompanied renowned musicians like M. S. Subbulakshmi, S. Rajam and Guruvayur Dorai.
Arunima Kumar (born 1978), Sangeet Natak Akademi Yuva Puraskar awardee for the year of 2008 for Kuchipudi As a young girl of 9, Arunima acted in the ballet Amrapali