Savanabrata sircar perform Manipuri dance during Naatya tarang on April 08,2012 in Hyderabad,Ap,India. Dance since15th century.

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Manipuri dance is one of the major Indian classical dance forms. It originates from Manipur, a state in north-eastern India on the border with Burma. manipur developed its own specific aesthetics, values, conventions and ethics. The cult of Radha and Krishna, particularly the raslila, is central to its themes but the dances, unusually, incorporate the characteristic cymbals (kartal or manjira) and double-headed drum (pung or Manipuri mrdanga) of sankirtan into the visual performance.

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Location: Thyagaraja auditorium,Hyderabad,India.
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