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Traditions of Bhārat
Festivals and fasts, dances and drums, sarees and salwars, thalis and sweets — the traditions, attire, cuisine, arts, and crafts that colour everyday life of Bhārat.
3 traditions in Classical Dance
Classical Dance
3 traditionsBharatanatyam
भरतनाट्यम
Bharatanatyam is the oldest of Bhārat's classical dances — a two-thousand-year-old language of the body that tells the stories of gods, heroes, and lovers. With anklets of bells, arched feet, and expressive eyes, its dancers turn the human body into poetry.
Kathak
कथक
Kathak began as the dance of wandering storytellers who acted out the epics with song and gesture — and grew into the glittering court dance of Lucknow and Jaipur, famous for lightning-fast spins, complex footwork, and the thunder of a hundred ankle bells.
Kathakali
कथाकली
Kathakali is the most theatrical of Bhārat's classical arts — a dance-drama where performers wear towering crowns, painted faces, and billowing skirts, and tell stories with their eyes alone. For hours, a single gaze can be the entire story of the Mahabharata.
One land. Endless wonders.
Which story will you explore next? Every card below began on soil of Bhārat.