Chairman of Kuchipudi Natyaramam Kuchibhotla Anand on Thursday visited the Mogulrajpuram caves of the 5{+t}{+h}century AD, where the earliest Nataraja sculpture was carved for the first time in Indian context, and proposed a Kuchipudi dance festival against the background of the heritage cave.
Cultural Centre of Vijayawada CEO E. Sivanagi Reddy explained him the iconography of Nataraja, the god of dance, keeping his left foot on apasmarapurusha , a dwarf in Ananda Tandava (dance in bliss) and flanked by the horned dwarapalas (door-keepers) on either side of the cave.
Mr. Anand suggested that every apprentice in classical dance perform the Rangapuja ( first performance) in the frontage of Nataraja and pay a dance tribute.
He complimented the CCV for launching a dance programme at the historic cave for the first time recently.
Earlier, Mr. Anand visited the CCV at Madhu Malaxmi Chambers and met Y. Harish Chandra Prasad, chairman of Malaxmi group of companies and founder of the CCV.
Development plans
He discussed the development plans being taken up at Kuchipudi such as the beautification of the tank, erection of a 30-ft colossal statue of Siddhendra Yogi and an amphitheatre.
He said the expertise of the CCV would be utilised in the beautification drive.
He compliments the CCV for launching a dance programme at the historic cave
