30 March 2010
By Vikram_Boga
In Music
Darsana sparsane chasya bhoga svargapavargade |
Punito viprahatyadi patakaih patitam janam ||
Danda sambhuruma tantri kakubhah kamalapatih |
Indra patrika brahma tumbam nabhih sarasvati ||
Dorako vasukirjiva sudhamsuh sarika ravih |
Sarvadevamayi tasmad veeneyam sarvamangala ||
|| Sarangadeva ||
Carnatic musicologist of the 13th century
By seeing and touching the veena, one attains the sacred religion and liberation.
It purifies the sinner, who [...]
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Andhra Pradesh, Bobbili, Gollapalli, Music, Saraswati Veena, String Instrument, Vizianagaram, Wood
10 February 2010
By Adithya Ananth
In Leather
In the dark of the night, loud beats of the drum and cries of the war horn fill the sweltering air, while glowing kings and demons fight across the flickering light.
As early as the twelfth century, the art of puppetry flourished in Andhra Pradesh, narrating stories of divinity, sometimes taking the divine dimensions itself. [...]
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Andhra Pradesh, Charmakari, Gaatha, Gaatha handicrafts, Leather, Puppets, Ramayana and Mahabharata
