Varnam - Kharaharapriya | Meghna Venkat | Indian Classical Dance | Dance Festival |TIDE

Lyrics
MOham AginEn inda vELaiyil mAran kaNaiyum pAyudE vagai ariyEn
yOgamigum ambalam tannil naTanamADum vAhan ennai maruva varuvAnO shollaDi
kUDi irunda nALil kuLirnda candiran mODi sheyya anal vIsudE manam
vADi migavum nalam tEDudE unakku kOTi puNNiyamuNDu azhaittODi vADi

This varnam set to Kharaharapriya varnam and Adi talam talks about a virahotkhandita nayika who is suffering from the arrows of manmatha. She is infatuated with her Lord (the one who resides in the Chidambaram Temple) and asks her sakhi to bring him to her.

Meghna Venkat
Meghna Venkat, a bharatanatyam artist trained in Kalakshetra style under the tutelage of several gurus, has been initiated to dance at the age of 11. She is an empanelled artist of The ministry of culture, govt of india. She is a graded artist of Doordarshan. She has been selected for lectureship under UGC-NET Central Government examination. She is a recipient of various awards like Natya Chemmal, Nrutya Kowmudhi, Nritya Shiromani, Mayura Rathna, Nrutya Bharathi to mention a few. She conducts a Binniel festival named Aikyam. Aikyam is a international Thematic Dance festival and has gained popularity in just two years from its inception. She trains 15 under privileged school children in dance and extends academic scholarship to them.
She has now established “Nritya Nadam”, Arts school where students are taught dance and music.



Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam is one of the 8 classical dance forms of India. Originally from Tamil Nadu, it is now practiced throughout the world and is a popular genre in many Indian Dande Festivals. The Bharatanatyam dancer is accompanied with the Nattuvangam, Violin, Mridangam and the Flute along with the Vocal rendition during a Bharatanatyam performance. Originally performed mainly in temple dance, this Indian dance form has now spread across languages, genres, religion and boundaries. A regular Bharatanatyam repertoire consists of an Alarippu, Jathiswaram, Sabdam, Varnam, Padam and a Thillana. The Tanjore Quartet is supposed to have formulated the present day repertoire.

Bharatanatyam is an Important Dance Style and is performed in Indian dance festivals & Indian Cultural Events. Dance has always been an integral form of Indian Heritage, Culture & Tradition. Indian Classical Dance Forms have also found their way into the commercial Indian Film Industry. Dance music videos in various Indian are also inspired by Traditional Dance Forms & Classical Dance Styles.
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Today, Bharatanatyam has also been integrated with Kollywood, Mohiniattam with Mollywood, Kuchipudi with Telugu Film Industry - Tollywood, Odissi with Ollywood, Kathak with Bollywood, Kannada & Malayalam Feature Films by the Respective Bollywood, Kollywood, Tollywood & Mollywood Industry.
People Learn Bharatanatyam in India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, USA, UK, Europe, Canada and all other parts of the World.

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