That was a great puzzle @priyasrini. previously i was chasing Amala Shekher. She is also a padma bhushan award winner for arts(dance). I too reached her through Adyar clue.
my search first started with Kalakshetra, read about Rukmini Devi got the anawer @priyasrini. There are different styles and from diffrrent arangetrams I have been to, Kalakshtra style is bit more faster in movements and personally I love to watch more gracious movements that focuses on Abhinayam too.
{{{Posting a puzzle, since Surekha's puzzle seems to be solved by most}}} One of the images points to the beginning, one to the end, another to a fateful event during lifetime... one is for confirmation and one is a giveaway. {Only one of the images might be truly puzzling} {{Theme is still India}}