Mysuru: Mysuru has always been known for its shining talents in music, dance, literature and drama. To add to this list is one more talent from the city, who has reached the grand finale of a dance contest telecast by a private channel.

She is Aishwarya Girish, a fourth standard student of Kautilya Vidyalaya, who has been selected for ‘Dance Karnataka Dance Little Master’ dance contest telecast by a private TV channel. She is the daughter of N. Girish and Sumalatha couple.

Aishwarya’s partner Srijan Patel is from Mandya and is the son of farmer Prabhu and Savitha couple.

The duo with their various dance styles has attracted the eyeballs of everyone. They have drawn appreciation with dance forms like Reverse dance, Horror dance, Folk dance, Suggi Kunita, Maragolu dance and classical dance.

They created a sensation dancing to the famous tunes of the film Jogi. They have also had the honour of bagging the Fire Brand title three times.

Judges — actress Rakshitha, Music Director Arjun Janya and actor Raghavendra — have all become fans of Aishwarya and Srijan for their dancing skills.

With her expression and style, Aishwarya is making a big impact. Rakshita has praised Aishwarya saying ‘very beautiful styling.’ Arjun Janya has encouraged her by saying that he is her fan.

Along with the encouragement from the parents, if the teachers also cooperate, only then it is possible to participate in such contests.

“My school teachers are encouraging me a lot. Many times they have taken special classes for me. Even my classmates have been supportive by voting for me,” said Aishwarya.

She is known to the people of the State through Drama Juniors. She had participated in last year’s Dasara as the chief guest in

This time everyone has to come together to support the young duo to win in the grand finale of ‘Dance Karnataka Dance Little Master.’

One can help the Mysuru-Mandya dance pair by typing SRAI on one’s mobile and messaging it to 57575. One can vote up to 9 am till Sept.16.

The same evening, the grand finale will be held in Channarayapatna.