All audience other than registered participants, must purchase tickets to enter the competition venues. Early bird - $5 per person ; At the gate - $10.
Portland - 2026
Portland Natya Idol Competition
American Natya Idol competitions will held at the following venue
Date: Sunday, April 5th, 2026
Please note the change of competition timing - Due to Travel issues we are moving one hour forward. Also there are more number of participants, we had to extend it upto 6:30 PM
Natya Idol Competitions: Morning 11:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Venue:
Jayahanuman Templa Space
17235 NW Corridor Ct #175, Beaverton, OR 97006
11:30 AM - 6:30 PM
Winners
| Advanced | |||
| Shalini Sachidhanand | 267 | 1st Prize | |
| Meghan Clement | 262 | 2nd Prize | |
| Ashwini Chandrashekaran | 261 | 3rd Prize | |
| Neha Vimal | 255 | Special Mention | |
| Intermediate | |||
| Samhita Nalamalpu | 270 | 1st Prize | |
| Reshma Jeyakumar | 269 | 2nd Prize | |
| Niyantri Bhaskar | 267 | 3rd Prize | |
| Ankita Kumar | 265 | Special Mention | |
| Bartika Chattopadhyay | 259 | Special Mention | |
| Junior | |||
| Gauri Kurella | 262 | 1st Prize | |
| Niyati Chandrasekar | 259 | 2nd Prize | |
| Khushi Bharath | 255 | 3rd Prize | |
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Group Intermediate
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| Ranjanimala - Kalabharathi School Of Dance | 411 | 1st Prize | |
| Gopi Gopala Group | 409 | 2nd Prize | |
| Jayamu Jayamu Group | 388 | 3rd Prize | |
| Kalabharathai - Pancharathna | 384 | Special Mention | |
| Group Junior | |||
| Ashtalakshmi Stotram Group | 350 | 1st Prize | |
| Ramininchu-Kalabharathi School Of Dance | 344 | 2nd Prize | |
| Pushpaanjali - Kalabharathi School of Dance | 316 | 3rd Prize | |
| Group Senior | |||
| Shambhau natana - BN | 410 | Special Mention | |
| Shankara Srigiri - Kuhcipudi | 409 | Special Mention | |
PERFORMERS ARE
Natya Mayuris from Seattle
The group has been training in the Pandanallur style of Bharatanatyam under the dedicated guidance of Smt. Shwetha Nirmal, founder and Artistic Director of KalāSiddhi School of Performing Arts.
Megha Chander from Portland
Megha Chander, a junior at the International School of Beaverton, has been training in Bharatanatyam for 11 years. She completed her Arangetram in October 2024 under the guidance of her Guru, Smt. Sivagami Vanka, at the Kalabharathi School of Dance. In 2025, she won 1st place at the Natya Idol Regionals in Portland and later won Special Mention at Nationals in St. Louis. A 2026 YoungArts winner, she has performed widely across the US, including the All India Dance Festival at Carnegie Hall, and at the 2025 Margazhi Festival in Karaikudi and Chennai, India.
Judges
Judges will be coming out of Florida. Names will be announced with full details of the judges 2 days before the event.
Those who will get any prize in the regional will be qualified to perform in Finals and also regional dance events around Florida.
