In Bharat Muni’s Natya Shastra – which is one of the oldest treatises on Indian Performance Arts - no such mention is there about such division. However, since time immemorial there have been two prominent forms of dance and music – classic and folk. While classical music and dance got centred and developed around temples, … Continue reading Music, Dance, and Spirituality
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The Stuti Genre of Sanskrit Literature
Stuti is a musical composition in praise of a particular form of the divine. Sometime it includes the prayer element, sometimes not. The nearest word for it is hymn. Of course for the compositions of the post vedic periods, the word hymn is rarely is used since hymn has an ancient connotation to it being … Continue reading The Stuti Genre of Sanskrit Literature
Upendra Bhanja : the emperor of Odia Poetry
April is a wake up call for laid back poets as the 'National Poetry Writing Month' virus goes global. According to some poets, poetry writing is not like erecting a building. For building construction you have a plan and then there is a time schedule based on which you work everyday whether you have inspiration … Continue reading Upendra Bhanja : the emperor of Odia Poetry
part 2: the sentinels of vishnu
Dying dance form Prahlad Natak staged during Kalua Jatra in Berhampur, Odisha. Image source: DNA India Continued from Part #1 Hiranyakha’s brother, Hiranyakashipu learns of his brother’s death at the hands of Vishnu in the form of a boar. It fills him with rage and he vows to take revenge. He thinks that the boon … Continue reading part 2: the sentinels of vishnu
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