People & Culture

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Culture of West Bengal

  One of the most culturally prosperous states of India, West Bengal is filled with surprises. Be it the different religions all assimilating into on...

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Jamini Roy

  Jamini Roy was born in the year 1887 at Beliatore village in the Bankura district of West Bengal. Roy was born into an affluent family of land-owne...

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Folk Dances Of East India

  Folk dances of East India have great historical significances as almost all dance forms from this part of the country are several hundred years old...

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Folk Dances of Central India

Folk dances are an integral part of rural and tribal folk. Over the centuries, these folk dances have spread out to not rural parts of the country. T...

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Odissi

  Odissi or Orissi is one of the pre-eminent classical dance forms of India which originated in the Hindu temples of the eastern coastal state of Odi...

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Mohiniyattam

  Mohiniattam or Mohiniyattam is an Indian classical dance form that evolved in the state of Kerala, India, and is counted among the two popular danc...

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Kuchipudi

  Kuchipudi, a pre-eminent Indian classical dance form counted among ten leading classical dance forms of India, is a dance-drama performance art tha...

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Kathakali

  Kathakali is an important genre in the Indian classical dance form, is associated with storytelling form of this art. It is the dance drama from th...

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Kathak

  Kathak is one of the main genres of ancient Indian classical dance and is traditionally regarded to have originated from the travelling bards of No...

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Dances of Manipur

  Manipuri dance is counted among major classical dance forms of India, especially noted for themes based on Vaishnavism and spectacular execution of...

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