ART AND CULTURE 2021 Table Of Content Titles Page No Classical Dance Of India ................................................................................................................... 1 Bharatanatyam- Tamil Nadu ............................................................................................................ 1 Kuchipudi ............................................................................................................................................ 1 Kathakali ............................................................................................................................................. 2 Kathak ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Odissi ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Sattriya ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Manipuri .................................................................................................................................... 4 Mohiniyattam ............................................................................................................................5 Kalbella _ Rajasthan ...................................................................................................................... 10 Music In India .................................................................................................................................. 11 Hindustani Music ............................................................................................................................ 12 Carnatic Music ................................................................................................................................. 14 Folk Music ........................................................................................................................................ 16 Music Instruments Of India ........................................................................................................... 16 Martial Arts In India ...................................................................................................................... 18 Kalarippayattu ........................................................................................................................ 18 Silambam ................................................................................................................................ 18 Gatka ....................................................................................................................................... 19 Musti Yuddha .................................................................................................................................. 19 ART AND CULTURE 2021 Table Of Content Titles Page No Thang Ta ............................................................................................................................... 19 Mardani Khel ................................................................................................................................. 19 Pari-Khanda ......................................................................................................................... 19 Kathi Samu .......................................................................................................................... 19 Theatre From Of India .................................................................................................................. 19 Bhand Pather(Jashin) - Kashmir ......................................................................................... 20 Swang - Haryana .......................................................................................................................... 20 Nautanki - Uttar Pradesh ............................................................................................................. 20 Raasleela ............................................................................................................................... 20 Bhavai - Gujarat ................................................................................................................... 20 Jatra - Bengal ....................................................................................................................... 20 Bhaona (Ankia naat) - Assam ..................................................................................................... 20 Koodiyaattam - Kerala ......................................................................................................... 22 Yakshagaana - Karnataka ..................................................................................................... 22 Therukoothu - Tamil Nadu .................................................................................................. 22 Karyala- Himachal pradesh ................................................................................................. 22 Puppet Forms Of India ........................................................................................................ 22 String Puppets ............................................................................................................................... 23 Glove Puppets ................................................................................................................................ 23 Rod Puppets .................................................................................................................................. 24 ART AND CULTURE 2021 Table Of Content Titles Page No Shadow Puppet .............................................................................................................................. 25 Institutions Related To Performing Arts In India .................................................................... 25 Sahitya Akademi ................................................................................................................... 25 Sangeet Natak Academy ....................................................................................................... 25 Lalit Kala Akademi .............................................................................................................. 26 Centre for Cultural Resources & Training ........................................................................... 26 Arts, Crafts, Music Monuments In States .................................................................................. 26 Indian Architecture .............................................................................................................. 35 ART AND CULTURE 2021 • In modern era, credit of CLASSICAL DANCE OF reviving Bharatnatyam goes to INDIA E. Krishna Iyer; while Rukmi Devi Arundale gave it the This classification depends on the global recognition. source. The Sangeet Natak Akademi • Tanjor Quartet defined the recognizes eight – Bharatanatyam, elements of a Bharatnatyam Kathak, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Kathakali, recital as 1. Alarippu, 2.) Sattriya, Manipuri and Mohiniyattam. Jatiswaram, 3.) Shabdam, The Culture Ministry of the Government 4.)Varnam, 5. Padam, 6.) of India includes Chhau in its classical Jawali, 7.) Thilana list. We will use Sangeet Natak • The four Thanjavur teachers, academy’s list and deal with chhau in known as the Tanjor Quartet Folk dances of India are Chiniah, Ponniah, BHARATNATYAM Vadivelu and Shivanandam • In the thirties of the twentieth • One of the most ancient forms century, Rukmini Devi of dance art is Bharatnatyam, Arundale, a champion of with its origins in an Bharatnatyam, brought about unbounded faith in God. The radical changes in the dance flourished in Tamil costumes of the dancers Nadu, but its influence is not • Kataka mukha hasta is one of limited to that state. the principal mudras of • Bharatnatyam derives its Bharatnatyam name from Bharata Muni and • Apart from Tanjor Quartet, ‘natyam’ means dance in other famous proponents of Tamil. Bharatnatyam were/are: • The style was kept alive by the Yamini Krishnamurthy, devadasis, who were young Padma Subramaniam, girls 'gifted' by their parents to Mrinalini Sarabhai, Mallika the temples and who were Sarabhai. married to the gods. KUCHIPUDI • Devadasis performed music and dance as offerings to the • Kuchipudi derives its name deities, in the temple from the Andhra village of courtyards. Kusselavapuri or • As a solo dance, Kuchelapuram Bharatnatyam leans heavily • Kuchipudi matured into an on the abhinaya or mime independent dance form aspect of dance - the nritya, during the days of the Bhakti where the dancer expresses movements, when it started the sahitya through depicting Krishna’s life movement and mime through music and drama 1 ART AND CULTURE 2021 • The Kuchipudi dance consists KATHAKALI of a few divisions such as Adavus, Jatis, Jatiswaras, • A mixture of Dravidian and Aryan Tirmanas and Tilanas. These dance concepts, Kathakali is the features are also found in classical dance of Kerala Bharatnatyam, but what • The Nairs of Kerala, who makes Kuchipudi unique is formed a warrior caste, practiced Karnnakole is not to be found martial dances in order to in any other southern dance perpetuate in society the memory style. of their racial equalities. • Karnnakole is the superb, • Malayalam, with many Sanskrit quick and rhythmic footwork words, became the language of