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Kuchipudi

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Dancer performing a tarangam
A Kuchipudi hasta (mudra).[1]

Kuchipudi (/ˌkɪˈpdi/ KOO-chih-POO-dee) is one of the eight major Indian classical dances.[2] It originates from a village named Kuchipudi in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[3] Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra.[4][5][6] It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards, temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India.[7]

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  1. Sunil Kothari & Avinash Pasricha 2001, p. 117.
  2. Williams 2004, pp. 83-84, the other major classical Indian dances are: Kathak, Odissi, Bharatanatyam, Kathakali, Manipuri, Chhau, Satriya, Kuchipudi and Mohiniyattam..
  3. "'Art has to be nurtured to sustain'". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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  5. Ragini Devi 1990, pp. 60-68.
  6. Sunil Kothari & Avinash Pasricha 2001, pp. 43-46, 80 footnote 8.
  7. James G. Lochtefeld (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M. The Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 376–377. ISBN 978-0-8239-3179-8. Search this book on

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