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INDIAN DIASPORA TRADITION
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Bharatnatyam Dance form
From Tamil Nadu
Bharatanatyam, a pre-eminent Indian classical dance form
presumably the oldest classical dance heritage of India is
regarded as mother of many other Indian classical dance
forms. Conventionally a solo dance performed only by women,
it initiated in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and eventually
flourished in South India.
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