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Kuchipudi is one of the eight major Indian
classical dances. It originated in a village named
Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra
Pradesh. Kuchipudi is a dance-drama
performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya
Shastra. It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards,
temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India.
Evidence of Kuchipudi's existence in an
older version are found in copper inscriptions of the 10th century, and
by the 15th century in texts such as the Machupalli Kaifat.
Kuchipudi tradition holds that Tirtha
Narayana Yati - a sanyassin of Advaita Vedanta persuasion, and his
disciple, an orphan named Siddhendra Yogi, founded and systematized the
modern version of Kuchipudi in the 17th
century. Kuchipudi largely developed as a,
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna-oriented Vaishnavism tradition,
and it is known by the name of Bhagavata Mela in Thanjavur. The
traditional Kuchipudi was performed by all
males troupe. A dancer in a male role would be in Agnivastra, also known
as Bagalbandi, wear a dhoti (a single pleated piece of cloth hanging
down from the waist). A dancer in a female role would wear a Sari with
light makeup.
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