[3][4][5] She received the Padma Shri in 1970, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Dance in 1968, and had remained Director of the U.P.

[6][10][9] Among her contemporaries at Madame Menaka's was Shirin Vajifdar, a pioneering classical dancer from the Parsi community.

[11] She was the first student at Mumbai's Sri Rajarajeswari Bharata Natya Kala Mandir, where she learned Bharat Natyam from Guru T. K. Mahalingam Pillai, doyen among nattuvanars.

[citation needed] Damayanti Joshi died in Mumbai at her home on Sunday, September 19, 2004.

Bireshwar Gautam who remained a faithful student, dedicated to her till her very end.