Origin of Bharatanatyam Bharata Natyam is a great contribution to the world by Bharat Muni, supposedly given some 20000 years ago. It was written in Devnagari script and deals in details with music, literature, dance and sculpture. The Gods & Godesses pleaded Lord Brahma to create another veda which would be simple for the common man to understand. Lord Brahma then inspired by Shiva Parvathi created the Panchamaveda, Fifth veda, Natyaveda, an essence of the other four vedas. he took Pathya (words) form the Rigveda, Abhinaya (gesture) from the Yajurveda, Geet (music and chant) from Samaveda and Rasa (sentiment and emotional element) from Atharvaveda to form the fifth veda, Natyaveda. The Dance performed by Lord Shiva is known as Tandava, which depicts his violent nature as the destructor of the universe. The tandava performed with joy is called Ananda Tandava and performed in violent mood is called Rudra Tandava. There are 7 types of Tandava. Namely Ananda Tandava, Tripura Tandava, Sandhya Tandava, Samara Tandava, Kaali tandava, Uma Tandava and Gauri Tandava. Tandava has vigourous, brisk movements .The dance performed by Goddess Parvathi is known as Lasya, in which the movements are gentle, graceful and sometimes erotic also. scholars call Lasya as the feminine version of Tandava. Lasya has 2 kinds. Jarita Lasya and Yauvaka Lasya. Godess Parvathi tought Lasya dance form to Usha, daughter of Banasura, a demon. Usha taught the same to the Gopikas of the city of Dwaraka, Lord Krishnas birth place. After creating this natyaveda, Lord Brahma gave the same to sage Bharata and asked him to popularise this veda on earth. Following the words of Lord Brahma, sage Bharata wrote Natyashastra or the Science of Dramaturgy, a great, comprehensive work on the science and technique of drama, dance and music. Bharata natyam was initially known as bhagawat mela. It was a male-only show at that time. But, within the temple premises, it was done by females. They enjoyed the patronage of kings. However, certain degree of evil practices creaped into the system. However, the visionaries and reformists stepped in soon and made many changes that made its revival and attracted many reputed people to take up this form of dance with devotion. Although the bharata natyam form of dance is believed to have been originated in AP, it grew up and gained strength in TN. #IndianTraditionalDance
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 11:27:56 +0000
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