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Bigyan Bhattarai and Sarita Lamichhane opened Everest Kala Kendra in May 2025. Children aged 5 and up learn Nepali dance here on Saturdays and Sundays.
Co-founders Bigyan Bhattarai and Sarita Lamichhane opened Everest Kala Kendra in May 2025 with a small group of students. The aim was a regular place in central Ohio to learn Nepali dance and perform it.
Within a year, the center grew to 100+ active students and held its first annual function: an evening of student performances, with families in the hall.
Acting, hosting, and music are in preparation. Dance is the program enrolling now.
Reynoldsburg, Ohio
6958 Americana Pkwy, Unit B, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068
Two parents who turned a question about their children's heritage into a place for the whole community.
Co-Founder
Co-founded Everest Kala Kendra in May 2025 to give children in central Ohio a place to learn Nepali performing arts, and helps lead the center's classes and performances.
Co-Founder
Co-founded Everest Kala Kendra in May 2025 and oversees the center's programs, curriculum planning, and annual performances.
The principles that guide our instructors, our curriculum, and our community.
Classes teach Nepali dance, and the festivals those dances belong to.
Students repeat the work until they can perform it.
Parents stay involved. Recitals are for the families who bring the students.
Open to children who want to learn Nepali performing arts, whatever their background.
Named instructors, a set curriculum, and a performance at the end of the year.
The studio is at 6958 Americana Pkwy, and classes meet on the weekend.
The milestones that shaped EKK's first year.
Everest Kala Kendra opens its doors in Reynoldsburg, OH.
Our full cohort performs on stage, with an achievement certificate ceremony for students.
Cultural dance classes run every Saturday and Sunday for students aged 5 and up.
Acting, hosting, and music programs are in preparation.
Applications are open for cultural dance. Tuition is $100 a month, arranged with us after a place is confirmed.