nataraja ramakrishna

Guru nataraja ramakrishna, noted exponent of classical dance forms, passed away on Tuesday following a prolonged illness at a hospital here.

HYDERABAD: Taramati Baradari, the four-hundredyear-old monument near Golconda, is all set for inauguration. It will be a tribute to the legendary singer-dancer in the court of 17th century ruler Abdullah Qutb Shah.

While decks may have been cleared for picking the new Telangana state's official bird, tree, animal and flower, demand is now growing to make 'Perini Shivatandavam', an ancient Kakatiyan era dance form, as the state dance.

HYDERABAD: The foundation stone for establishing a cultural village and a tourist centre, with all amenities for the tourists as part of the Taramati Baradari project at Ibrahim Bagh near the Golconda Fort, was laid by Tourism minister T Srinivas Yadav on Monday.

It is high time the 2,000-year-old classical dance form - Andhra Natyam - got its due recognition from the Indian government, say the exponents of the temple dance.

The article explored ten of the world's largest Hindu temples, highlighting their historical and architectural significance. It covered details about Angkor Wat in Cambodia, the largest, to the Vaitheeswaran Koil in Tamil Nadu. Each temple, from the majestic Sri Ranganathaswamy to the serene Belur Math, revealed the rich cultural heritage of Hinduism.

Born in Peshawar in the Punjab province in 1940, D Nilimma Devi (77) belonged to a Hindu minority community in a densely Muslim-populated area dominated by communal violence. Her father DM Sapra was the managing director of the industries department under the British government.

The Kakatiya-era 'warrior dance', which flourished between the 11th and 13th century, is set for a revival in Telangana, with a full-fledged course on Perini dance to be introduced in government music and dance colleges from the 2016-17 academic year.

HYDERABAD: The 400-year-old heritage monuments of the two artistic women — Taramati the musician and Premamati the dancer of the Qutb Shahi courts — near the Golconda Fort will be developed as a cultural village, a venue for tourism oriented dance and music events and corporate hospitality.

HYDERABAD: Is Kuchipudi and Carnatic vocal the only representatives of Telugu culture? Pose some of these questions to art lovers, including officials, they would certainly say a big no.

Ramappa deserves the world heritage status but its potential was recognised by Kakaitya Heritage Trust (KHT). Immediately after becoming advisor to the chief minister, BV Papa Rao, who is also a KHT trustee, congregated scholars with expertise in related subjects and held several rounds of discussions and planning in 2015-16 to prepare a dossier proposing Ramappa’s potential to the Unesco’s World Heritage Convention.

Phanjoubam Iboton Singh, the pradhan guru of Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy in Imphal was among 38 stalwarts named for the Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for the year 2010.

HYDERABAD: Coming together to curb the “pollution of our culture,” several leading culture promotion organisations of the city came together on Sunday and set themselves an agenda of taking steps to rejuvenate culture and to stem what they called the “increasing influence of electronic and print media on the people,” especially children and youngsters.

She started dancing at the age of 12

A spring in a dancer’s step is not unusual; but the spring remains youthful and fresh even in the autumn of Maya Rao’s life.

Does Telangana need a new dance form