Vedic Temple Dance

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Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau jayatah!

Sri Rupanuga-varga jayatah!

 

 

 

Dear Vaisnavas, Vaisnavis, and friends,

 

 

For those who are interested in Vedic Temple Dance I am pleased to send the following:

 

 

(1) a new web page in English (view in attachment: 'BharataNatyam.url'), or visit on line

 

http://www.geocities.com/indiradasi2000/BharataNatyam.html

 

 

 

(2) a new web site in Dutch on Classes of Vedic Temple Dance at the 'Dasi-attam

Gurukula' in Lelystad - The Netherlands (see attachment: 'Vedische

Tempeldans.htm'), or visit on line:

 

http://home.wanadoo.nl/indira.dasi/index.html

 

 

 

(3) Essay 'Classical Indian Temple Dance' (a compilation) containing:

 

- the Origin of Dance and its Descent on Earth from Natya-sastra by Bharata Muni;

- the Historical Background of Temple Dance and Devadasis;

- a wonderful article by Srimati Balasarasvati devidasi on the greatness of

Bharata Natyam

(see attachment: 'Classical Indian Temple Dance [25pp].doc.')

 

 

I hope some of you are pleased with these submissions. Any comments, inquiries

or additions are welcome and can be sent to indira (AT) scarlet (DOT) nl

 

 

Sri Guru & Vaisnava dasanudasi abhilasa,

Indira dasi

 

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Vedic Temple Dance

Classical Bharata Natyam - Pandanallur-style

The temple dance was given to humanity by Brahma in Treta-yuga, the era of Sri

Rama about 2,5 million years ago. The Vedic discipline was carried through

history in an oral tradition. Its single written source, Natya-sastra, dates

back about 200 years before Christ. This Sanscrit scripture on dance and drama

was composed by Bharata Muni. The sage considered the performance of temple

dance jnana-yajna, a sacrifice of divine knowledge. The visnu-dasi (servant of

the Lord) brings luck and prosperity to the host of the performance. The

spectators being absorbed in the aesthetic taste (rasa) of the Lord's pastimes

experience spiritual enlightenment, a sensorial clarity, happiness, and a

relief of mundane worries.

Indira Dasi

Recitals

Indira is brahmini and an aspiring practicioner of the ecstatic philosophy of

rupanuga-bhakti established by the Six Gosvamis of Vrndavana. In the guidance

of her spiritual master in the Gaudiya-parampara of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu

she studied krsna-lila, Krsna's youthful pastimes with the gopis of Vraja. In

Cennai and Mombai she specialized in the krsna-padams, the lila described in

Gita-Govinda. Indira performs on the annual Vedic Festivals in the assembly of

holy men and devotees at the request of the most rasika connoisseurs of today,

Srila Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja.

Bharata Muni recommends the performance of dance on the occasion of religious

festivals, the inauguration of a king, weddings, the birth of a son, etc.

Indira is a devoted temple dancer and unknown to the general public. She is an

exponent of the gracious Pandanallur style of Vidvan Kitappa Pillai of Tanjore,

South India.

Classes

NEDERLANDSE WEBSITE VEDISCHE TEMPELDANSAcademie 'Dasi-attam Gurukula' Studiegids

Classes are given in Lelystad, The Netherlands. Philosophy, bhakti, pure dance,

and expression are part of the education. The devotional dance being part of

brahminical culture Indira follows the religious principles of Vedic

civilization and accordingly prefers to accept in dance classes vegetarians

only. Serious students between 12 and 30 are cordially invited to open up to

their inner spiritual growth guided by the bonafide disciplines of bharata

natyam and krsna-bhakti, transcendental service to Guru, Vaisnavas and the

Lord.

For further information, please mail to:

Indira Dasi

Studio:LELYSTADThe Netherlands

Om tat Visnu paramam padam

 

Order Free Essay: 'Classical Indian Temple Dance' containing chapters of

Natya-sastra on the origin of dance; scientific research on the history of

deva-dasis; an article by Smt. Balasarasvati devi-dasi; and information about

Indira.

Links: Academie 'Dasi-attam Gurukula' - Vedische Tempeldans Lelystad

Rays of The Harmonist (Gaudiya Parampara) Internet Gaudiya

Vedanta Portal - Transcendental Links

Jaya Govinde!

 

Introductiepagina

Beste bezoeker, deze webstek wordt u aangeboden door de 'Dasi-attam Gurukula',

School voor Vedische Tempeldans gevestigd in Lelystad.Voor een beknopte uitleg

over de duizenden jaren oude tempeldans kunt u de eerstvolgende drie pagina's

bezoeken met vervolgknoppen onderaan iedere bladzijde.Indira dasi (Iris Goosen)

is tempeldanseres en uitvoerend artieste. Zij doceert aan de Dasi-attam

Gurukula. Informatie over haar werk vindt u onder 'Indira

Dasi'.Geïnteresseerden in de Opleiding Vedische Tempeldans kunnen vanaf de

pagina 'Dasi-attam Gurukula' doorklikken naar belangrijke informatie over de

School in Lelystad.

Herkomst van de tempeldans

Vedische Tempeldans | Herkomst van de tempeldans | Tempeldans als podiumkunst |

Tempeldans als tempelfunctie | Indira Dasi - tempeldanseres | Dasi-attam

Gurukula | Bharata-natyam Recital | Verwante koppelingen

 

 

Dasi-attam Gurukula

Lelystad, Nederland