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The Sanskrit word Sangeetha for Music is defined as "a confluence of Song,

Lyrics & Dance". ( Geetham Vadyam Thadha Nritham Trayam Sangeetham

Uchyathe

) !

Art is defined as that which generates happiness ( Kal Ahladatha iti

Kala ).

Kathakali is one of the best art forms of Kerala and is played in almost

all temples. The word " Temple" is derived from the Latin word Tempulum ,

a

place where Law and Justice can be administered.

Kerala culture is rich with Arts. There are other forms of Art, like

Ottam Thullam, Theyyam, Kalari Payattu, Mohini Attam, Chakyar Koothu,

Nangiar

Koothu, Velakali, Thiruvathira Kali etc. The videos of all these arts we

have

uploaded at www.keralaheritages.com

Art is divine, said Michelangelo. Art is grandchild of Deity, said Dante.

Now this confluence of Song, Lyrics and Dance can take man to the

altaltissimo, the highest Blissful Summit or Spiritual Zenith, which is

only

accessible to the divinely-intoxicated mind !

Dance is divine, said Bharata Muni, the Master of classical Dance.

Bhavananubhavathvam Bharathathvam

The ancient mystics discovered that Man is a miniature Universe. The

physicist Fritjof Capra defined the dance of atoms and sub-atomic

particles,

the galaxies and the constellations as the dance of Lord Shiva. " The

Cosmic

Dance", he said, " is the dance of sub-atomic matter" !

All Indian arts manifest the Law of Correspondences. Between Microcosm and

Macrocosm, between Man and the Universe. The beauty of the eternal

Universe

is celebrated in the beauty of the human body. The rhythmic movements of

the

dancer symbolise the dance of the Universe, by the Lord of Dancers, the

Lord

Shiva Himself. " The Dancing Shiva is the dancing Universe" declared Capra

!

The Dance of Bliss of Lord Shiva, called Ananda Tandavam, is the

manifestation of the Cosmic Energy in five activities

Srushti - Creation, unfolding, pouring forth

Sthithi - Preservation, maintenance

Samhara - Destruction or taking back

Tirobhava - Concealing and hiding the Transcendent Reality

Anugraha - Bestowing Grace

It is He that is immanent in the Play - Himself the Play, Himself the

Player, Himself the Playground ! We find that behind that play is a Truth-

Rhythm and an Ethos. We may regard it as Lila ( Cosmic Play ) of the

Divine,

the joy of the Artist's., the Geometer's, the Architect's, creating and

recreating Himself in Himself for the sheer bliss of that self-creation.

It

is He who is expanding, it is He who is contracting, it is He who is

concealing His Essence and it is He who is conferring Grace. Himself the

Play, Himself the Player, Himself the Playground !

The Universal principle resides in us

He is playing hide and seek with His own Force

Divine, he wears the garb of animal and Man

Eternal, He assents to Fate and Chance

He whose transcendence rules the pregnant Vasts

Lay prescient in our subliminal depths

A luminous individual power alone !

Let Art give Bliss to our readers !

by: newagephilosopher

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