Kanak Rajadhyaksha
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Kanak Rajadhyaksha
The Dongariya Kondhs live in the Niyamgiri Hills in the Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in Odisha. This module introduces their tradition of embroidery on kapdagondas (shawls) and explores the artisans' perceptions of embroidery as work.
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Prateeq Kumar
Yoginis are representative of one of the most perplexing affiliates of Tantra which connect the divergent strands of incompatible religious traditions to create a uniquely particular visual language of their own. The Hirapur Yoginis reify this unique particularity …
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Monalisa Behera
Yoginis are a class of divine and semi-divine deities who emerged in the 5th century AD and remained in worship till 13th century AD, after which their cult seems to have become extinct. Originally esoteric deities, by the 10th century Yoginis became prominent in the wider religious landscape, as…
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Monalisa Behera
Yoginis are a class of propitiatory goddesses that are associated with various forms of apotropaic Śakta-tantric practices. Their appearance in the Indian religious landscape was marked by construction of open-air shrines, roughly dating from 8th century till the 13th century, before they…
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Jiwan Pani writes about the Maahaari dance of Odisha, its history and its references in historical texts.
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The article by Sitakant Mahapatra is about the origin and development of Pala, a ritual practise as well as a performing art in Odisha.
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Book review of Ravana Chhaya by Jivan Pani (New Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi. 1978).
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This article is about the Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj, its origins and various traditions and elements associated with it, by Sitakant Mahapatra.
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Surender Meher
Textiles are cultural artefacts that reflect social histories of the places where they originate. In the Indian subcontinent, owing to its vastness, an account of its wide-ranging textiles presents a particularly speckled map. Textiles in India vary from place to place dramatically, not only in…
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