In what Indian state did the dance Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry is known for originate?
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Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry Vedantam Ramalinga Sastry is an Indian classical dancer in Kuchipudi. He won the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2013 for his research on Kuchipudi dance form. He is the Principal of Siddhendra Yogi Kuchipudi Kalapeetham.
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Kuchipudi Kuchipudi ( ) is one of the eight major Indian classical dances. It originated in a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Banamali Dasa Banamali Dasa (1720–1793) is an Indian medieval Odia "bhakta"-poet from the state of Odisha. ""Dinabandhu daitari"", ""Kete chanda jane lo sahi"" and ""Manima he etiki maguni mora"" are some of his notable writings that are used in Odissi. His songs are popularly sung in festivals, public gatherings and in Odissi dance. He is considered as the foremost poet of the medieval Odia bhakti-literature Started with writing rustic Erotic Poetry, he later began to compose ""bhakti""-poetry which gained larger acceptance and popularity among the other contemporary poets of his time. Typically, his poems are eyewitness accounts, and their simple, rustic language is much appreciated.
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Indian classical dance Indian classical dance, or Shastriya Nritya, is an umbrella term for various performance arts rooted in religious Hindu musical theatre styles, whose theory and practice can be traced to the Sanskrit text "Natya Shastra".
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Nautch In North India, Nautch ( ) is one of several styles of popular dance, performed by girls known as "Nautch girls". The word "Nautch" is an anglicized version of नाच ("nāc"), a word found in Hindi and Urdu (where it is spelled , and several other languages of North India, derived from the Sanskrit, "Nritya", via the Prakrit, "Nachcha". A simple and literal translation of Nautch is "dance" or "dancing".
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Ghoomar Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan, India. The dance is chiefly performed by veiled women who wear flowing dresses called "ghaghara". It was ranked 4th in the list of "Top 10 local dances around the world" in 2013. The dance typically involves performers pirouetting while moving in and out of a wide circle. The word "ghoomna" describes the twirling movement of the dancers and is the basis of the word "ghoomar". Ghoomar is often performed on special occasions, such as at weddings and during weddings, festivals and religious occasions. which sometimes lasts for hours.
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Sringeri Sringeri, also written as Shringeri is a hill town and Taluk headquarters located in Chikkamagaluru district in the state of Karnataka, It is the site of the first maṭha (Sringeri Sharada Peeta) established by Adi Shankara, Hindu theologian and exponent of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, in the 8th century CE It is located on the banks of the river Tungā and also a historical Temple (1200 years).
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Avittathur Avittathur is a small village in Thrissur district of Kerala state, India. It was one of the 64 original Brahmin settlement in the Kerala state. It is famous for an ancient shiva temple, where 4 very old inscriptions have been discovered. According to legend, the temple was consecrated by sage agastya and the name of the village was originally agastyaputtur but it seems to be just the sanskritization of the word. Legendary Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam maestro "Nātyāchārya Vidūshakaratnam Padma Shri" Māni Mādhava Chākyār used to perform here for decades.
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Thiriyuzhichil Thiriyuzhichil is a dance ritual performed by Pulluvas in Kerala (South India) to alleviate the fear of snakes, to appease the snake and to be blessed with babies. This is more popular in the districts of Trichur, Calicut and Palghat and it is performed in Hindu Temples and shrines meant for snakes. By performing this, the queen of snakes could be appeased. The performer starts dancing holding a torch in his hand using various types of music instruments.
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Neralattu Rama Poduval Neralattu Rama Poduval or Njaralathu Rama Poduval (1916–1996) was an exponent of the ashtapadi/sopanam music form practised in Kerala in southern India. A recipient of the Kendra Sahitya Academy award, he hailed from a rugged village called Thiruvaazhaamkunnu, near Mannarkkad in Palakkad district and lived most of life in Angadipuram in Malappuram district, the place famous for the Thirumanthamkunnu Temple.
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Kottakkal Madhu Kottakkal Madhu (born October 26, 1968) is a Sopana music singer and composer from Kottakkal, Kerala, who specializes in Kathakali related music. He was born to K. Govindan Nair and K. Sathyabhama. He initially learned his music from Parameswara Iyer. Subsequently, in 1980, he joined P.S.V. Natyasangham at Kottakkal, an institute for learning performing arts, to learn Kathakali vocal music. He later became a senior faculty member at the P.S.V. Natyasangham. He has composed music in many kathakali performances in India and toured Switzerland once with the P.S.V. Natyasangham group.
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Saswati Sen Saswati Sen (Hindi: शाश्वती सेन) is a leading Indian exponent of Kathak, an Indian classical dance form. She is a senior disciple of Pandit Birju Maharaj. She achieved early fame by dancing in Satyajit Ray's film, "Shatranj Ke Khilari" (1977), his invocation of Lucknow society at its "Paris of India" zenith.
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Aradhya Aradhya is a Hindu tradition found in the Karnataka state of India. They belong to the Panchacharyas sect.
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Tala-Maddale Tala-Maddale is an ancient form of performance dialogue or debate performance in Southern India in the coastal Malnad regions of Karnataka and Kerala. The plot and content of the conversation is drawn from popular mythology but the performance mainly consists of an impromptu debate between characters involving sarcasm, puns, philosophy positions and humour. The main plot is sung from the same oral texts used for the yakshgana form of dance- drama. Performers claim that this was a more intellectual rendition of the dance during the monsoon season.
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Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu ((] ; "TamiḻNāṭu "; literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. The state shares a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka.
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T. S. Balakrishna Sastrigal Thiruvidaimarudur Sambamurti Ganapaadigal Balakrishna Sastrigal (1919–2003) was a Hindu scholar and "harikatha" exponent.
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Shyama Charan Pati Shyama Charan Pati is an Indian dancer, known as one of the leading exponents of the Seraikala tradition of Chhau, a martial dance form of India. He is a member of the Court of the Central University of Jharkhand. Born in 1940 in a poor Brahmin family in the village of Icha in the Indian state of Jharkhand, he moved to Jamshedpur and trained Kathak and Bharat Natyam under Guru Ban Bihari Acharya. Later, he also trained under gurus such as Panchanan Singh Deo and Tarini Prasad Singh Deo. He has trained many students such as Sujata Maheshwari and Sovanabrata Sircar and has performed on various stages in India and abroad. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2006, for his contributions to Indian dance. His daughter, Susmita Pati, is also an accomplished Chhau dancer.
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Kandula Mallikarjuna Rao Kandula Mallikharjuna Rao, better known as Mallik (1921–1996) was popular music composer and singer. He was born to K. Venkatachalam and Lakshmi Narasamma. He was born in Machilipatnam, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh. He received initial training in music from late Krovi Satyanarayana. He worked as a music composer and singer at All India Radio, Madras for 30 years. He later transferred to All India Radio, Vijayawada. While working at Akashvani, he composed for many songs, dance dramas, Bhakthi Ranjani songs and folk songs. He was the first composer of many reputed Tallapaka Annamacharya Keerthanas. Examples of such include "Adigo Alladigo", "Thandhanana Aahi", and "Narayanathae Namo Namo". He also composed the famous Raja Rajeshwari Astakam, Hanuman Manjari. Dr.Vempati Chinna Satyam’s Kuchipudi Dance Drama "Chandalika" for which music was composed by Mallik became a hit all over the world for its superb musical score.
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Chhau dance Chhau dance, also spelled as Chau or Chhau, is a semi classical Indian dance with martial, tribal and folk origins. with origins in the eastern Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal. It is found in three styles named after the location where they are performed, ie. the Purulia Chau of Bengal, the Seraikella Chau of Jharkhand, and the Mayurbhanj Chau of Odisha.
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Kallada Kallada (Malayalam: കല്ലട ) is a village in Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala. Maharaja Marthanda Varma of the kingdom of Travancore was born here. Kallada River passes through here and the famous Chittumala Sree Durga Devi temple is situated here,Kallada Valiya Appopan pally is also situated.
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Kakkarissi Natakam Kakkarissi Natakam is a folk art form of Kerala state, India, originally from Tamil Nadu. This art form is more popular in the southern regions of Kerala. Its a form of Musical drama and the language used is a blend of Tamil and Malayalam. Sundara Kakkan, Kakkathis, Vedan, Thampuraan etc. are the main characters in this art form. Play is performed with dance steps and songs. Mrudangam, Harmonium, Ganchira, Chenda and Kaimani are the main musical instruments used. The story is premised around Lord Shivan with his consort Parvathi Devi who arrived to earth in the form of Kakkalan and Kakkathi, a nomadic tribe of fortune tellers.
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Nirmala Visweswara Rao Dr Nirmala Visweswara Rao (born May 29, 1969) is a classical dancer in kuchipudi and Bharathanatyam.