Meditation, a photo from Tamil Nadu, South

Photographer's Note

Tracing its origins to the Natya Shastra, an ancient treatise on classical Indian dance, written by sage Bharatha, Bharatha Natyam is a highly traditional and stylised South Indian dance form. Earlier known as “Dasi Attam” or “Sadir”, it was practiced by Devadasis of the South Indian temples.

It went into disrepute in the middle ages due to prevalent social conditions. The renaissance of the art form was possible mainly due to the efforts of luminaries such as E. Krishna Iyer, T. Balasaraswati, Kumbakonam K. Bhanumati and Rukmini Devi Arundale among others in the early decades of the last century. Currently the dance form enjoys world wide popularity and appreciation.

The currently posted photograph is from a theme based performance “Nava Vidha Bhakthi” or “Nine Ways of Worship”. It depicts worship through meditation.

haraldpr, yasoda-nandana, thaprem, salvator, oochappan, japiey, plimrn has marked this note useful

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bratani (76) 2007-02-20 6:31

Cześć Guru,

Bardzo fajne zdjęcie, mistyczny klimacik i świetne kolory.

Regards from Poland - BratAni.

haraldpr (16) 2007-02-20 7:23

Nice picture, interesting note.

Swats (94) 2007-02-21 3:34

Nice one!!

gemlik (983) 2007-02-21 5:27

Hi Guru,
Nice shot with dark background and beautiful compo.light and color are good.TFS
Best regards
Bulent

thaprem (2566) 2007-02-21 6:52

Nice moment...
With a soft focus...
I would have felt little confused if the focus was with one person, difficult to judge...
Lighting is well managed.
Cheers,
Prem.

salvator (19110) 2007-02-25 4:22

Hi Guru,
Very nice composition, and beautifull colors emerging from the black. I wish you a nice weekend, best regards. Salvator.
I'll be back tomorrow.

ninaL (21348) 2007-03-01 7:11

Hi, Guru.
Interesting scene well captured, good use of light.
Best wishes. Grazyna.

smilingrose (25) 2007-03-05 8:12 [Comment]

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Apex (336) 2007-03-05 14:07

Hey Guru.
Great picture.
The lighting works well and so do the bright colours. Interesting subject matter.

Jeff

tmx (1324) 2007-03-21 13:52

hi Guru, nice colours and great catched moment. I'd add some sharpness in Photoshop, in order to emphasize thos 2 persons. cheers

oochappan (4880) 2007-03-23 3:55

I like reading your note together watching the picture with a fine colored atmosphere, colors are to the point well balanced, contrasts in light and shadow like we would see it for real, missing only a bit sharpening to make the two dancers stand out, staying a bit too in soft focus while my eyes still want to see more detail, my reflections to this enjoyable shot.
PS fine to see someone from Chennai, way behind with about 300 photos from there compared to Madurai :)).
Poite varungal Guru, miendum sandipoom, Henk

japiey (10163) 2007-04-04 16:37

Guru.
This is great shot, inspite of the softness.
jean paul.

belido (19934) 2007-05-03 11:19

Hi Guru,

I like pictures with low light and that's the one to explain my taste. Good colors and contrast. Well done!
Regards,
Carlos

plimrn (21344) 2008-09-14 19:08

Hi Guru,
This appeared in random and I couldn't resist the balance and harmony of this composition. The light is also amazing the way it comes through the floor and shows only a black BG behind.
HLJ, Pat