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Bharatanatyam, is an Indian classical dance It is indigenous to the Tamil Nadu region and prevalent in southern India. Bharata natyam serves the expression of Hindu religious themes and devotions, and its techniques and terminology have been traced back to ancient treatises such as the Natya-shastra.

Students of Abhinaya School of dance (formerly known as Abhinaya Performing arts Centre) will be representing Nine forms of Dura/ Parvathi Through Bharatanatyam.

Durga: "Durga" also know as "Shakthi" is a Hindu goddess whose name means ‘impassable,’ or ‘ invincible.’ She is known as both nurturing mother, and vengeful warrior. Although the Hindu pantheon includes a number of goddesses, Durga is particularly popular, and holds special importance for many Hindus. Durga is worshipped in Hindu temples across India and Nepal. Her temples, worship and festivals are particularly popular in eastern and northeastern parts of Indian subcontinent during Durga puja, Dashain and Navaratri

Navdurga which means Nine Durga is the manifestation of Durga in nine different forms. The concept of Navdurga originates from Goddess Parvati. Conceptually Navdurga is the life phase of Goddess Parvati who is considered supreme power among all Goddesses. Navdurga are worshipped during Navrati (nine -nights) in the month of October.

Links

• Abhinaya School Of Dance facebook.com
• Brampton Library bramptonlibrary.ca
• Abhinaya School of Dance abhinayaperformingarts.wordpress.com

Organizer

Sushmitha Parthasarathy, Artistic director Abhiaya School of Dance.

Sushmitha Parthasarathy , a passionate Bharatanatyam dancer and teacher, started learning Bharatanatyam at a young age. She has 23 years of performing experience and continues giving solo performances in many venues within the GTA, as well as back in India.

After moving to Canada, Sushmitha decided to transform her passion into a career and started Abhinaya School of Dance in 2016. She is the artistic director and trains kids and adults alike, of all ages and at different levels of proficiency.

One of the primary missions of Abhinaya is to preserve, inculcate and pass on the tradition of Bharatanatyam dance while strictly following the teaching principles of guru-shishya prampara (i.e. lineage, or teacher-disciple relationship is a spiritual relationship found within traditional it is centred around the transmission of teachings from a teacher disciple).