Nayantara Nanda Kumar is a disciple of Guru Smt Jyoti Rout and Guru Smt Swathi Mahalakshmi. She has performed widely in the United States and India. She is the Founder of Our Sacred Space, a centre for environment, art, and wellness at Secunderabad and Dharur. She has performed at fundraisers for Nonviolent Peace Force (Santa Cruz), Asha for Education (Berkeley), Tibetan Medical College (Richmond), Chaparral House for the Aged (Berkeley), Tamil Refugee Fundraiser (South Bay), Ruchika for Street Children, Alzheimers Walk (Treasure Island), Nritya Shila on the Shamirpet Hill for Society to Save Rocks, and Prajwala and the US Consulate against human trafficking.