Dances of India Archives - Inditales Travel Blog from India Tue, 02 May 2023 16:09:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Unique Palki Dance Of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra https://inditales.com/palki-dance-of-ratnagiri/ https://inditales.com/palki-dance-of-ratnagiri/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.travelgaon.com/video-of-the-month-palki-dance-of-ratnagiri/

I saw the famous Palki Dance of Ratnagiri in Maharashtra when I took a trip on the luxury train Deccan Odyssey. The train took us through the Konkan coast where we saw the sea fort of Sindhudurg and before that relaxed a bit at the Tarkarli beach. It is here at Tarkarli Beach that I saw this […]

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Kathakali is visually the most appealing and most easily recognizable classical dance form in India. Elaborate makeup and voluminous costumes make the dancers stand apart from any other form. Last week I had the opportunity to watch one of their performance. And more importantly, got to see the dancers getting ready for the performance. You […]

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]]> https://inditales.com/rendezvous-with-kathakali/feed/ 9 Nataraja – King Of Dance: Understanding Chola Bronzes https://inditales.com/nataraja-the-king-of-dance/ https://inditales.com/nataraja-the-king-of-dance/#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://www.travelgaon.com/natraja-the-king-of-dance/

Nataraja, popularly known as Dancing Shiva, has its origins in Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu. It is probably the most recognizable piece of Indian Art, which may be competing with Ganesh’s images that we see in various Avatars. Though has not changed much over time, it remains more or less the same. I have seen only […]

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