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Maharaj started teaching the dance form at the age of thirteen, at the Sangeet Bharti in New Delhi.He then taught at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra in Delhi, and at the Kathak Kendra (a unit of the Sangeet Natak Akademi) where he was Head of Faculty, and director, retiring in 1998 [9] after which he opened his own dance school, Kalashram, also in Delhi.
Performer at a Kannur district school dance festival, 2009. Mohiniyattam is an Indian classical dance form originating from the state of Kerala. [1] [2] The dance gets its name from Mohini – the female enchantress avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu, who helps the devas prevail over the asuras using her feminine charm.
The word Nataraja is a Sanskrit term, from नट Nata meaning "act, drama, dance" and राज Raja meaning "king, lord"; it can be roughly translated as Lord of the dance or King of the dance. [22] [23] According to Ananda Coomaraswamy, the name is related to Shiva's fame as the "Lord of Dancers" or "King of Actors". [24]
Maharaja [a] (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; lit. ' great ruler '; feminine: Maharani) [2] is an Indian princely title of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a prince.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh by Jewan Ram, an artist from Delhi, accompanied the Governor General to Ropar. The Ropar Meeting in October 1831 was between Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Lord William Bentinck , Governor-General of the East India Company , on the banks of the river Satluj , in a town of the same name. [ 1 ]
Rama Varma I (Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma; Malayalam: ധർമ്മരാജാ കാർത്തിക തിരുനാൾ രാമവർമ്മ, 1724–17 February 1798) [1] often referred to as Dharma Raja, was the Maharajah of Travancore from 1758 until his death in 1798.
The true story behind the scene of Queen Elizabeth II as a young woman celebrating the end of World War II on V-E Day.
It illustrates the return visit to the Maharaja, during the viceroy's progress through upper India. The Maharaja had come to meet him a day earlier. Maharaja Ranbir Singh's tent was decorated with cashmere shawls, including silk and gold materials that were placed beneath the chair reserved for the viceroy.