The jawali, “Sariga Kongu’, as taught to Rukmini Devi by Mylapore Gowri Ammal, depicted the handsome Krishna flirting with the sakhi, a pretty girl whose face is covered with a bordered sari. Ghanam ...

Rukmini Devi is considered an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi, the deity of wealth, prosperity, and fortune. She is also revered as the principal queen of Lord Krishna in Dwaraka. Her appearance ...

Rukmini Devi Arundale, danseuse par excellence, believed destiny and divine power played a major role in her life. Otherwise, her father, an engineer with the Public Works Department, would not have ...

Several students pass out of an institution but some take efforts to share what they have imbibed. S. Premnath is one such. After graduating from Kalakshetra, he went on to establish a dance ...

Rukmini Devi Arundale, an Indian classical dancer and follower of theosophy, is renowned for revitalising the Bharatanatyam dance form and establishing the Kalakshetra Foundation in Madras (now ...

Sri Venugopala Swamy, accompanied by Sri Rukmini Devi and Sri Satyabhama Devi, was taken in a ceremonial procession on the ...

When the trailer of Mandala Murders dropped, it promised darkness, myth, and blood. But what no one saw coming was how a flashback cameo would haunt the audience even after the credits rolled. Shriya ...

The dance drama 'Rukmini... A Woman of Inspiration' by Srijak Chatterjee captures the life of Rukmini Devi Arundale, who revolutionized Bharatnatyam and had a significant political career. The ...

Though not a ‘leap year February’, it is February and I recall two notable Indians who were born on the last day of February. Morarji Desai arrived in the modest Gujarati home of a school teacher in a ...