What is Kapila Vatsyayan?
[[File:Kapilavatsyayan (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Kapila Vatsyayan''' ('''कपिला वात्स्यायन''') (25 December 1928 &ndash; 16 September 2020) was an Indian scholar of [[Indian classical dance|classical dance]], [[Indian art|art]], [[Indian architecture|architecture]], and art history. She was a [[Rajya Sabha|member of parliament]] between 2006 to 2012. She was the founding director of the [[Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]]. Vatsyayan was born in [[New Delhi]]. Vatsyayan died on 16 September 2020 at her home in New Delhi at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/national/arts-scholar-kapila-vatsyayan-passes-away-in-delhi-home|title=Arts scholar Kapila Vatsyayan passes away in Delhi home|publisher=National Herald India|access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vatsyayan, Kapila}} [[Category:1928 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Indian educators]] [[Category:Indian historians]] [[Category:Politicians from New Delhi]] {{bio-stub}}