#amarnathgosh performing #abhinaya #rajanijanita #yahimadhava 17th #ashtapadi #geetagovindam #mesmerising #performance #depicting envious #radha who after waiting for #krishna entire night feels cheated when HE tries to console her, the #khanditanayika raves at His appearance & apologetic look. Composed by #jayadeva in the 12th-century, #geetagovindam is his devotional imagination describing the relationship between Shri Krishna & #gopis of #vrindavana particularly Radha. The 12 chapters of Gita Govinda have 24 Prabandhas of #couplets grouped into 8 called Ashtapadis. Ashtapadis are elaborate descriptions of 8 moods of Asht #nayika (8 nayikas described by #bharata in #natyashastra representing 8 different avasthas with her Nayak) GeetaGovinda potrays Krishna’s #love for Radha, #symbolical to human soul straying & returning to The #source 🙏🏻 #mystical #dances of #india #indianclassicaldance #bharatnatyam #kuchipudi https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSI-s1AHUk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qzv9amnwl5t9
