Dussehra is a popular festival celebrated by the Hindu community all over Indian sub-continent, different areas have different names and styles of celebrations. In some parts of the country especially south of the deccan plateau Dussehra is also called Vijayadashmi – Vijay meaning victory and Dashmi meaning the tenth day. It was on this very [...]

Odissi has been revived in the past fifty years and can be considered as the oldest classical Indian dance on the basis of archival evidence. The form belongs to the East Indian state of Orissa. Odissi has a close association with the temples and its striking feature is its intimate relationship with temple sculpture. Tribhanga, [...]

The Indian state of Rajasthan is affected with scarce supply of water and the women have to travel several miles to collect water for their everyday life. Chari dance is performed by these women to express their joy in their journey. The women perform various steps and do different patterns of movements with their hands. [...]

The Chhau dance owes its origin to the Mayurbhanj district of Orissa. It is a tribal martial dance form seen in Orissa, Jharkhand and west Bengal. Thus, there are three subtypes of this dance, depending on the place of its origin- it is called Purulia Chhau in West Bengal, Seraikella Chhau in Jharkhand and Mayurbhanj [...]

There exists much more meaning to the dance in  India than just graceful body movements. Most of the time they depict stories of gods and goddesses from ancient texts called Purana. Each classical dance form has its own symbols or mudras that convey a message to the audience. This art form as old as 2000 [...]