Mudras, or hand signs, are basically a form of meditation and control that very few people know about. Years ago when school Yoga instructors would ask us to sit in meditation, we automatically ...

Bharatanatyam is no more a regional pride, it has become global, as popular as Yoga in the classical dance genre. What got democratised after the disenfranchisement of the matriarchal hereditary ...

which contemplates humanity’s impact on the planet through Bharatanatyam. A cosmic concern, narrated in mudras and movement. Beyond the stage While dance creates stories through movement and ...

These mudras can be traced to the Natyashastra and Abhinaya Darpan ... “If he had been performing Bharatanatyam, I would have been a Bharatanatyam dancer today,” said Kapote. “Bahut struggle se dance ...

While this is true for most artistes, Mumbai-based Bharatanatyam dancer, Meera Sreenarayanan, comes to Hyderabad with pieces that bring the divine closer to you by humanising the deities. I present ...

This is because we base our forms on a whole civilisation, and an exchange of centuries of knowledge,” says Padma Shri Ananda Shankar Jayant, a Bharatanatyam exponent. One of the most interesting ...

Mudra Raheja of Jeewan Nagar has brought laurels to her family by cracking the UPSC civil services exam for the second time, securing the 252nd rank. Mudra has improved her rank by 161 points in ...

There is no dearth of talented dancers, but many find it a Herculean task to find platforms to showcase their art. To support young talents from her school Sridevi Nrityalaya, founder and guru ...

At its core are hasta mudras, hand gestures that express everything from nature and emotions to gods and actions. These mudras are essential to storytelling and spiritual expression, using precise ...

Mysuru’s favorite and largest circulated English evening daily has kept the citizens of Mysuru informed and entertained since 1978. Over the past 45 years, Star of Mysore has been the newspaper that ...

This year’s Mudra features over 100 performers, including accompanying musicians. Audiences are being treated to performances of classical dances such as Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Kathak and Kuchipudi, ...