The ashtapadis of Jayadeva are preferred compositions for dancers across styles. How they attune themselves to it determines the impact of the piece. At The Music Academy Dance Festival, K.P. Rakesh’s ...
TRIPUNITHURA: Some people are under the impression that sopana sangeetham and Ashtapadi belong to the same class. But it is not so. Yet many sopanam singers try to render Ashtapadi also in traditional ...
The Sri Vishnu Mohan Foundation, Chennai, recently organised varied events over five days to “Reawaken Jayadeva.” The foundation, which seeks, through such activities, to connect with our culture, ...
THRISSUR: Ashtapadi renderings from Jayadeva’s Gita Govindam, has of late been replacing ‘nadaswarm’ as the background music during Hindu marriages in the state. The nadaswaram, a wind instrument, was ...
Ashtapadis typically refer to the poems included in the Geet Govinda. | Artist Manaku of guler, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons One of the many forms that are included in the pantheon of Hindustani ...
THRISSUR: Ashtapadi songs when the sanctum is closed for rituals is an ancient tradition still in practice at the Sree Krishna temple in Guruvayur. For several years, it has been the right of certain ...
The poetry itself was sublime. Only the ashtapadi belonged to the regular Odissi repertoire. The remaining two items were Saint Dnyaneshwar’s abhangas. In Avachita Parimaloo, Vithala’s devotee says, ...
Kangana’s New Film Revisits 26/11 Night, Spotlight On Cama Hospital Heroes Through Bharat Bhagya Viddhaata, Kangana Ranaut plans to bring the powerful survival stories from Cama Hospital during the 26 ...