Dona Ganguly

Dona Ganguly
Ganguly in 2024
Born
Dona Roy

(1976-08-22) 22 August 1976 (age 48)
Behala, Calcutta, India
OccupationOdissi dancer
OrganizationDiksha Manjari
Spouse
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(m. 1997)​
Children1
Parents
  • Sanjeev Roy
  • Swapna Roy
Websitewww.donaganguly.com

Dona Ganguly (née Roy; born 22 August 1976) is an Indian Odissi dancer.[1][2] She took her dancing lessons from guru Kelucharan Mohapatra. She has a dance troupe Diksha Manjari. In 1997 she eloped with and married her childhood friend and later Indian cricketer and skipper Sourav Ganguly, 35th president of Board of Control for Cricket in India.[3][4] The couple has a daughter Sana (born 2001).

  1. ^ "Ode to Odissi". The Tribune. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Danseuse Dona Ganguly and troupe pays tribute to Tagore". The Times of India. 4 July 2012. Archived from the original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Sourav Ganguly to be formally elected as CAB President on 15 October". Firstpost. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. ^ "I'm proud to be Sourav's wife: Dona Ganguly". Times of India. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2012.