Sadhir Attam | History of Bharatanatyam Explained by Guru Shylu Winston

[@infinite5795]

Correction- Natya Shastra was composed in 600-500BC in Sanskrit, written later( the oldest copy still existing is 1st-2nd century CE). The 3rd Sangam literatures in the 400-300BC did mention dances and festivals dedicated to different gods/goddesses like Seyyon( Murugan/Kartikeya in north), Mayon( considered as Vishnu or Varuna now), Kotravai( Kali Maa or a similar goddess) in Tamil lands, but we can infer similar folk dances like Kol attam and classical dances like Dasi/Sadir Attam had been practiced since then, which is inferred from post AD literatures. Although Sadir attam is derived mainly from Natya Shastra, it was mostly practiced/fostered by Tamils and some Kannadigas till the 1920s historically and has both Sanskrit or Tamil words for movements. Growing Missionary influence and diminishing status/funds to temples led to exploitation of Devadasis and pushed them to prostitution ultimately. It was more so in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Northern India( via Mughals). However Odisha and Assam were immune to this disgrace. Historically, Devadasis had a chaste and respected position who looked over temple affairs, had lands and remained celibate all their lives. In Odisha and Assam, boys also joined the temples as dancers since the 14th century AD as evident by Bhokots in Assam and Gotipuas in Odisha.

[@luminous7422]

Ur speech's impact is awesome...thank u mam... I'm also a bharatanatiyam dancer and when I listened to ur speech , I remembered my old days...thank u

[@sushendradebnath9063]

How can we innfluence bharatiyas to learn, to know about ancient traditional dances and is it possible to associate traditional dances in our educational system ?

[@gurushyluwinston]

I see some academic schools have already added traditional dance forms in their Co-curricular activities at school. Long way to go though!

[@nrithyarathna9967]

Bharathamuni is the name of sage who delivered this dance form through Natyasastra to world. Thus Bharatha owed half name of this dance form 🙂

[@Aishwaryagopinath-onoffcouple]

bharatanatyam also :means BHA(bhavam) ra(ragam) ta(thalam) ,natyam -dance

[@ammukutty3545]

Wonderfully explained ma'am thank you so much 😊

[@AwesomeDooshi]

Namaskar Ma’am, video is very valuable and Informative. Thank you so much.❤

[@Vishalsingh-ep2lv]

This video is very useful for Upsc aspirants

[@HOWITZER169]

I was here to comment the same! :D

[@bahaddurbhavimani3156]

Super information by she .I want information for my examination and I got it.

[@paridhidavidmassey1284]

Beautiful lecture! Many thanks!

[@Vasudevah-ht9ws]

Bharatnatiyam is so geometrical sometimes feels like it's a Rymthic code to connect with God's

[@frown]

I was wondering about how Bollywood came to be and whether it had incarnations prior to film, this form of dance seems to be the answer.

[@sanchitaroy9555]

Bharatnatyam is veda of india also considered as 5 th veda of all the veda

[@msrmixzmedia8603]

Clearly Understood💯

[@shreyasdancestudio613]

Thank you so much ma'am for this interesting and unknown information to all of us who loves bharatnatyam more than their self🙏🏻🙏🏻 Gratitude, Shreya

[@gurdeepjolly8282]

Thank you for good information.

[@shilpadanceacademy1153]

Madam please tell me which gharana you teach?

[@Villivakkam]

British called THanjavur as Tanjore. It is still correct to call it Thanjavoor.

[@karanpalsingh1859]

This is amazing. Beautifully explained. How can I reach out to you on email. I’m trying to push the idea of Indian classical dance forms here in the west . Would love to learn more

[@gurushyluwinston]

Hi, please email to [e-mail]

[@jyotsana30]

Great information mam 🙏

[@apache_navi8114]

Beautiful video

[@shradhapatel2466]

Superb information...

[@anand1pillai]

Very well presented, very good

[@niyasahamed4231]

So ur meaning to say that South Indians are the real Indians

[@sanchitaroy9555]

Again i am with no guru...i am in desperate need of guru above by head

[@alkeshthakoralkeshthakor801]

Gujrat se pranam

[@radharamakrishnan1170]

Thank u mam

[@abhisengar6046]

Ma'am plz aur bhi details me bataiye🙏💐💐

[@ruchikaraut3983]

❤

[@niyasahamed4231]

So devdasis belonged to what caste if I may ask ??!!!

[@sumasarath4802]

🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍🥰🥰

[@omega8068]

👍

[@madhurireddymerugula3062]

super 😄

[@pk75626]

Dasi Attam

[@marmakadhaigal7065]

Madam ur so beautiful❤😍

[@droneacharya6057]

dance of Tamil Nadu written in sanskrit lol.

[@02abishekprasad91]

More like dance of tamilnadu was stolen and manipulated into smth sanskrit lol Theft of art and language

[@user_0586]

I don't know who named it as Bharatanatyam but it's real name is Dasi Attam which is the tamil word and the name was derived from Devadasis. First it was called Dasi Attam then it was slowly called as Bharatanatyam, lol stop playing with us sanskrit people..

[@lll2282]

@@02abishekprasad91 no one ever stole bruh sanskrit seem to be offical language of india even tamil kings went to combodia and wrote sanskrit in tamil script in temples, lot of them had Sanskrit names too. its awful to see how tamilians have this superiority complex out of no where, pretty sure bharthnatyam would have been official dance of india but due to invasions the culture,dance,tradition everything is lost in north and is preserved in south doesn't means EVERYTHING has origins from south it can be mix contribution inspired from Sanskrit texts codified it in its own local form. However proof matters and oldest records of origin of carnatic music, hinduism, bharthnatyam are all in Sanskrit so u can't blame others on stealing it if ur literature couldn't codify them.

[@shree1556]

🙄 Without knowing anything about it .., Why you people are talking... Bharatanatyam, also known as the mother of all other classical dance styles, is considered as the oldest dance forms in the country India that originated from the temple dancers in Tamil Nadu. The dance is a pure amalgam of expressions, music, beat and rhythm. You people are stolen ours so you don't have any rights to talk about it...

[@lemagneto2546]

@@shree1556 lol idiot first of all Tamil Nadu and bharat are not different get that straight dumbass

[@boranikhil_]

Entire thing on Karanas and Natyashastra to be avoided because it's theoretically and historically explained wrong.

[@gurushyluwinston]

May not be entirely wrong, though some are. It was a perspective in the olden age, from which we can adapt the foundation and improvise with the current era.

[@Caroline.A.joseph]

This dance is NOT for Christians.. It's idol worship! 😢

[@gurushyluwinston]

Is there a specific 'Christian' dance? Kindly do not pollute the art forms with religious diversities. Bharatanatyam is an 'Indian dance' and not 'Hindu dance'. Of course we learn/dance on Hindu deities, that's because India is a Hindu country. But that shouldn't restrict the art form to be used by other religions. Please see dance as a dance, and not as a religious act.

[@dgn7729]

Ma’am please correct your grammar before you speak on a public platform

[@gurushyluwinston]

Purpose of this video is convey the history of Bharatanatyam, not to teach English :)

[@dgn7729]

@@gurushyluwinstonthat’s a good one 😅. Sorry

[@bipash_9720]

@@gurushyluwinston don't reply to these people who think that they are the one who found english language which makes them to feel bad when someone makes mistake..let it be ☺️

[@krishnarashmi3872]

There are no grammatical mistakes However, she does keep on saying “thee” for consonant sounds of words, but there are no other mistakes that are major

[@AlexVembar]

Haha this book is not written in Sanskrit as the language got its script only in 14th century fro Devagiri.

[@niyasahamed4231]

I challenge you to say Tamil, and not thamizl

[@ananthanarayansharma]

Mr.E. Krishna Iyer, to one's limited knowledge was NEVER arrested by the British Raj, during the freedom movement? Would wish to be corrected with some evidence? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Krishna_Iyer

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