guru gopinath has travelled and performed in many parts of the world. he made performances in us, erstwhile ussr and sri lanka. he was a member of the first cultural delegation of independent india to the ussr in 1954. among them was the great indian dancer tara chaudhri, the only north indian born dancer performing dances from the south. he was invited as a judge of classical dances in the eighth world youth festival held at helsinki, finland in 1961.