Kathak
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Kathak is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as Kathakaar, who communicated stories from the Hindu
Shinjini Kulkarni presenting a Kathak performance
Performance by Sharmila Sharma and Rajendra Kumar Gangani at the Guimet Museum (November 2007)
A picture from The Musical - Gita Govinda, Namrata Rai as Radha and Vishal Krishna as Krishna
Namrata Rai (Kathak Dancer) while performing Sufi poetries in a concert
Uttar Pradesh
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Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is India's most populated state. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi t
Kathak
…India. The Lucknow tradition of Kathak dance attributes the style to a Bhakti movement devotee named Ishwari from the Handia village in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, who credited Hindu god Krishna appearing in his dream and asking him to develop "dance as a form of worship". Ishwari taught his descendants, who in…
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Dudhwa National Park, Lucknow division, Uttar Pradesh, India