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Bharata natya

Bharata natya is a dance performed in southern India originally by Deva-Dasis. Even though it was somewhat disregarded, it has been reconstructed through the dance poses as currently sculptured in Indian temples. A.G.H.


Source:

Bowker, John, The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, New York, Oxford University Press, 1997, p. 142