Protima Gauri Bedi
(12 October 1948 – 18 August 1998) was an Indian model who later became an Odissi dancer. In 1990, she initially founded Nrityagram, a dance school near Bangalore, Karnataka.
Early life
Protima was born in Delhi on 12 October 1948, the second of four children, three daughters, and a son. Her father, Laxmichand Gupta, was a trader from a business Bania family in Karnal district, Haryana, and her mother, Reba, was of Bengali origin.