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ODISSI – ORISSA

Odissi dance form is devoted to Lord Krishna. Dancer,
dances on the verses of Sanskrit play, Geet Govindam. It is

performed to depict the love and devotion to the God. Use
of head bust and torso in soft flowing movements done to
express mood and emotions - curvaceous, concentration on
‘tribhanga’ or division of the body into three parts, head,

bust and torso. The mudras and expressions are same as
those of Bharatnatyam. verses : writing with rhyme

Performances are replete with stories of eight depict : show
replete : filled with
incarnations of the Lord Vishnu-Krishna. It is a soft lyrical
incarnations : embodiment in
classical dance which depicts the ambience of Orissa and human form
philosophy of its most popular deity Lord Jagannath of Puri. ambience : surroundings

MANIPURI – MANIPUR

The Manipuri is originally called ‘jagai.’ The
circular movement of the dancers has been
compared to the movement of planets around the

sun in the ancient text. This dance form depicts
the ‘Raas-Leela’ dance of Lord Krishna-Radha and
the Gopis. Shiva did not want the Raas Leela to be
disturbed, so he created the place for Raas Leela

in the form of Manipur.
Once, Parvati wanted to see the Rass-Leela of

Radha Krishna and Gopis. He chose Manipur for the re-
enactment of Raas-Leela. After thousands of years in the
11th century, Prince Khamba of Khomal dynasty, during
the reign of Raj Loyamba, re-enacted Raas-Leela with

Princess Thaibai of Mairay dynasty.
KATHAK – UTTAR PRADESH

Kathak is inextricably abound with classical
Hindustani music. The rhymic nimbleness of feet is

accompanied by tabla or pakhawaj, Radha and Krishna
are depicted in Natwari style (as it is called). But, the
Moughal invasion of North India had a serious impact
on Kathak.

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