About the art..

Bharathanatyam…

Bharathanatyam is a very ancient dance form from Southern India and is accompanied by karnatic classical music. Bharathanatyam is a combination of Bha for Bhava (expressions), Ra for Raga (tune) and Tha for Tala (rhythm). Natyam is the visual painting that the dancer depicts to narrate a story. In 200 BC, the principles of Bharathanatyam were compiled by Sage Bharatha in his treatise the “Natya Shastra”. Sage Bharatha was initiated by Lord Brahma himself in the art of dancing. All the important styles of Indian classical dance are based on the set of rules laid down in the “Natya Shastra”. Thereafter, Bharathanatyam endured through the ages and survived and flourished in the temples of South India among a unique community of devotees who expressed their love for the infinite spirit through the medium of dance.