The Natya Kala Conference, NKC for short, is a dance conference that was conceived by the Krishna Gana Sabha in 1981 1981 by Sri. R Yagnaraman (Founder-Secretary of KGS) with an intent to allow dancers of a certain class and calibre (those who were conferred the title of Nritya Choodamani), to share their knowledge, insights and understanding of dance and its world at large with a group of like-minded people under the umbrella of a five-day conference year after year.

The NKC is one of the Sabha’s Marquee properties & has remained unprecedented and unparalleled as a single forum showcasing the varied classical dance forms of India through annual lecture demonstrations, research paper presentations and live performances of artists from all over India. The NKC is the brain child of (Late) Sri R Yagnaraman, who was General Secretary of KGS for 54yrs. The NKC is a primarily educative & interactive platform in which there is ample opportunity for seekers of art to understand and share each other’s artistic journeys and processes.