Guwahati, March 16 (IANS) In a small town called Pathsala, about 60 km from this principal town of Assam, a mission has been underway for more than half a century. The task at hand is not easy — ...

In early 2021, Bengaluru-based Bharatanatyam dancer and dance historian Gayathri Iyer produced and staged a dance drama, Sundara, at the Seva Sadan in Malleswaram. The cruel second wave of the ...

In the past centuries, rituals of worship were considered incomplete without a dance performance. The agama sastras relating to both Vaishnava and Saiva temples mentioned dance by Devadasis within the ...

When the anti-Devadasi Dedication Act was passed, Vilasini Natyam, dance of Telugu devadasis, passed into oblivion. Now Dr Anupama Kylash is trying to revive it When I decided to attend Dr Anupama ...

The story told in the classical Russian ballet “La Bayadére” is set in India and involves temple dancers known as devadasi. To choreographer Kausi Subramaniam, it seemed to be ripe for an adaptation ...

The large pillared halls of the Ulsoor Someshwara temple, one of the oldest in Bengaluru, bustles with activity and hundreds of devotees. The Vijayanagara-style mandapa holds several stories — the ...

Salim Khan, one half of the iconic Salim-Javed duo, is receiving treatment at Lilavati Hospital after a sudden health complication. Salman Khan, along with siblings and extended family, has remained ...

The big pillared hall in my mother’s house, in Kalyanikkarai, was dark and cool until I was five years old. And then one summer, the year I turned six, it was bright and hot. All morning the hot ribs ...