{"id":724,"date":"2025-08-07T11:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/?p=724"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T06:10:59","slug":"sandra-pisharody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/sandra-pisharody\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Pisharody"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandra began her journey in Mohiniyattam at the age of five and gave her <em>Arangettam<\/em> (debut performance) in 2008. Since then, she has been an active performer with the Natanakaisiki troupe. Trained in the traditional <em>gurukula sampradaya<\/em>, she underwent rigorous <em>abhinaya<\/em> training under Guru Venuji and Guru Nirmala Paniker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She is a graded artist (\u2018B\u2019 Grade) of Doordarshan Kendra since 2014 and was selected by the South Zone Cultural Centre, Ministry of Culture, for special coaching in Mohiniyattam. In 2017, she was awarded the Junior Fellowship by Kalavaahini Trust, Chennai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandra has performed extensively across India and abroad, gracing prestigious platforms including Tokyo, Brisbane, Soorya Festival, Swaralaya Festival, Nishagandhi Festival, Mohini Nrityathi Festival, and the India International Centre, New Delhi. Alongside performances, she actively conducts lecture-demonstrations and workshops, contributing to the wider reach and appreciation of Mohiniyattam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She continues her journey through intense practice and performance, aspiring to explore and expand the horizons of this classical artform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Major Achievements:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CCRT Scholarship, Government of India \u2013 2007<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Arangettam<\/em> (Debut Performance) \u2013 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participant, Indo-Japan Cultural Exchange \u2013 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two-year Special Training supported by South Zone Cultural Centre \u2013 2011<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doordarshan \u2018B\u2019 Grade Artist \u2013 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Junior Fellowship, Kalavaahini Trust, Chennai \u2013 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandra is the daughter of Irinjalakkuda Vadakke Pisharath Radhakrishnan and Rani Radhakrishnan. She is married to Rineesh T.V., and they have a son named Vasudev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more details, visit: <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sandrapisharody.com\">www.sandrapisharody.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandra began her journey in Mohiniyattam at the age of five and gave her Arangettam (debut performance) in 2008. Since then, she has been an active performer with the Natanakaisiki troupe. Trained in the traditional gurukula sampradaya, she underwent rigorous abhinaya training under Guru Venuji and Guru Nirmala Paniker. She is a graded artist (\u2018B\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,49],"tags":[318],"class_list":["post-724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-irinjalakkuda","category-shining-stars","tag-shining-star"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":726,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724\/revisions\/726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v3.pisharodysamajam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}