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The origin of Bharathanatyam

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                     The origin of Bharathanatyam   Dance has an important status in the society, it is not only a medium of  entertainment but also a medium which depicts several facts of life in a beautiful aesthetic way. "GEETHAM AVADHARAYA, VADYAM AVADHARAYA , NRITHYAM AVADHARAYA"  The above words mean classical music, classical instruments and classical dance respectively were offered as prayer in the process of worshiping of god in temples.       Bharathanatyam  is a dance form which originated in Tamil Nadu , south of India .  Tanjavoor or  Tanjore district of tamil Nadu is regarded as the mother of many other classical dance forms of India  and it has a temple named Bruhadishvara- which is the temple of lord Shiva where thousands of  Bharathanatyam dancers assemble on Shivarathri in the a  holy Shrine to dance.       History states that this art form...