5” Hand Painted Wooden Bharatanatyam Dancer | Wooden Indian Classical Dancer Doll.

Description

Bharatanatyam is the art of dance which was created by Lord Brahma (the Creator), according to the Natya Shastra and Abhinaya Darpana, the treatises on dance. The Natya Shastra is the earliest Indian text in the history of performing arts. It was created by Lord Brahma on the request of Lord Indra and other gods as a form of entertainment. As the lower castes were not entitled to listen to the four Vedas, Lord Brahma created the Natya Shastra as the fifth Veda, which was open to all, irrespective of caste and creed.