EVOLUTION OF KATHAK DANCE AS A TEMPLE TRADITION OF INDIA
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https://doi.org/10.29121/granthaalayah.v14.i2.2026.6797Keywords:
Katha, Kathak, Kathik, Kathavaachan, TemplesAbstract [English]
The paper aims to study the evolution of Kathak Dance as a Temple Tradition of India. With the earliest developments and proceedings over the period of time that helped Kathak dance emerge as a Temple Tradition are brought to light. The changes that transcended Kathak towards a living tradition in the Temples of India are highlighted thereby. The practices followed by the Kathavaachaks and their transitioned journey that spiritually crafted the form of Kathak into an artistic tradition observed in the Temple premises today, have been notedly discussed. The paper thus illuminates various cultural contexts that refined a simple art of oral storytelling into its present classicality and a glorious heritage of India.
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