Paper I · 3 History of India & AP · 3.5.14 Performing arts, crafts and festivals

3.5.14.1 Kuchipudi and the performing arts of Andhra: Burrakatha, Tholu Bommalata and folk forms

Andhra's performing arts range from Kuchipudi, the classical dance-drama of a Krishna-district village shaped by Siddhendra Yogi, to revived court and temple forms such as Perini and Vilasini Natyam, and to popular narrative arts such as Yakshagana, Burrakatha, Harikatha and the leather shadow puppets of Tholu Bommalata.

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Key terms

  • Kuchipudi
  • Kuchelapuram
  • Krishna district
  • Siddhendra Yogi
  • Bhama Kalapam
  • Satyabhama
  • Bhagavatulu
  • Tana Shah grant
  • Tarangam
  • brass plate
  • Narayana Tirtha
  • Krishna Leela Tarangini
  • Vedantam Lakshminarayana Sastry
  • Vempati Chinna Satyam
  • Yamini Krishnamurthy
  • Perini Sivatandavam
  • Nataraja Ramakrishna
  • Nritta Ratnavali
  • Jayapa
  • Andhra Natyam
  • Vilasini Natyam
  • Swapnasundari
  • Yakshagana
  • Sugriva Vijayam
  • Burrakatha
  • Shaik Nazar
  • Harikatha
  • Adibhatla Narayana Dasu
  • Tholu Bommalata
  • Nimmalakunta
  • Ketigadu
  • Bangarakka
  • Surabhi
  • Praja Natya Mandali
  • Tappeta Gullu
  • Dhimsa
  • Garagalu
  • Veeranatyam
  • Butta Bommalu
  • Kolatam

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