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By Dr. Subashini Pathmanathan
Sri Lanka and India are interrelated to each other. Both these nations are interlinked in numerous ways, especially in social, cultural religious and linguistic factors.
Sigiriya frescoes (paintings) are excellent in nature and unique treasures of Sri Lanka. It is stated that these famous Sri Lankan frescos belonged to the 5th century AD of King Kassapa’s regime.
The...
Folk dances belong to Desi dances and they are appreciated by the elite, as well as by the ordinary folk. Some of the Tamil folk dances are practised by Tamil people all over the world in their annual temple festivals, general annual festivals and in the family auspicious functions such as puberty ceremony and wedding functions.
A popular dance form is ‘Kummi’. The songs...
Sri Lanka is the only country that gives a prominent place to its traditional dances on its currency notes. It also gives importance to historical and other cultural factors on these notes. Any image that appears on a national stamp or on a national currency note, indicates that due respect is given to that selective image by the nation. In other words, it implies that...
The term 'Koothu' was generally used in Tamil to refer to the dance form. That's why the dancing deity Lord Nataraja is often referred to by numerous names, such as Koothapiran, Koothuandavan and Kootharasan. The ancient Sanskrit stage was often referred to as Koothuambalam.
The ancient Tamil classic Silappadikaram was written by the royal ascetic Illangoadikal in the...
Some beautiful slabs were excavated at Sri Lanka’s archaeological sites. Elaborate dance figures were excellently carved on some of these brown flat stone slabs. Different dance postures are well depicted on the carved stone slabs. These dance poses resemble the typical Thandava Karana poses of Bharatha Natyam. According to Hindu mythology, dance was created and...
By Dr. Subashini Pathmanathan
Eight Indian classical dance forms have their own and unique type of facial make-up. Among the seven Indian classical dance forms...
Sand art means moulding the sand in different forms to make sand sculptures. The material used for sand sculptures is only sand...
Most of the South Indian ancient temple sculptural dance poses resemble the Bharatha Natyam dance poses, and the 108 Thandava...
Temples played an important role in Indian society. These temples were built not only for religious worship but also they were...
According to Hinduism, Mahashivarathiri takes place in February or March in the Gregorian calendar. It is believed that on this...
Villu Paatu is one of the traditional Tamil entertainment art. Generally high pitch Tamil folk music is adopted for this art form...
Classical Dances of India:
The Indian classical dance forms are closely linked to Hindu tradition and influenced by Hindu religion, and based on Natya...
Four to five different important Lord Nataraja bronze sculptures were discovered from different locations in the Polonnaruwa...
I have a special attachment with Nallur, Jaffna where a considerable period of my early childhood was spent at my mother’s...
All over Sri Lanka, archaeological sculptures are found. They provide a wealth of information about the ancient Sri Lankan...
Yapahuwa is in the Kurunegala District of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is nearly three kilometres east of Maho....
Polonnaruwa is the second largest ancient historical capital city of Sri Lanka which flourished during the 11th and 12th century...
The total number of classical dances was officially regarded as seven. But today the total number of Indian classical classes is...
Rabindranath Tagore’s contribution to dance is entirely different from the traditional dance forms and folk-dance forms of India...
The ancient world famous Hindu temple at Thiruketheeswaram is located in the Northern province of Sri Lanka. During the...
Lord Kuberan occupies an important place in Hinduism. Lord Kuberan is the God of Wealth in Hinduism. His figure is often...
The art of puppetry originated in India several centuries ago as an entertainment art form and was considered as one of the...