To the lamenters

[DEVARAKONDA VENKATA NARAYANA SARMA]

At 05:06 PM 3/15/98 -0800, you wrote:

>Besides the historic precedents of music and dance offerings associated
>with puja, there are numerous modern Indian productions of dance and
>music performances. There have been regular classical dance festivals
>held at Khajuraho and at Konarak for quite a while.
>
>
>

Temple dances are very closely associated with worship. They used
to be an essential part of the ritual and there are well defined
items to be presented in a specified order.

You have forgotten about the Chidambaram (Tillai) dance festival.

regards,

sarma.