WHAT IS A MARGAM ?
MARGAM IS THE FIXED NUMBER OF ITEMS DECIDED BY THE OLD GURUS FOR A PROGRAMME OF BHARATNATYAM IS CALLED A MARGAM.
IN A MARGAM THE ITEMS ARE 1)ALLARIPU , 2)JATTISWARAM, 3)SHABDAM , 4)VARNAM , 5)PADAM , 6)TILLANA , PUSHPANJALIS, TODAYAMANGALAM AND MALLARIS TO BEGIN, A RECITAL IS RELATIVELY RECENT INNOVATION. MARGAM LITERALLY MEANS A PATH OR A ROAD. SINCE BHARATNATYAM WAS PERFORMED IN TEMPLES BY THE DEVADASIS, MARGAM TOOK THEM CLOSER TO THE ALMIGHTY. THIS WAS A WORSHIP THROUGH WHICH A NARTAKI ATTAINED THE DEVINE ECSTACY OF BODY AND SOUL. THROUGH THIS PATH THERE IS A UNION OF JEEVATAMA AND PARAMATMA.
THE DANCER AFTER LEARNING A MARGAM ATTAINS THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF NRITTA, NRITYA AND NATYA ASPECT OF BHARATANATYAM. A VERSATILE DANCER HAS KNOWLEDGE OF MANY SUCH MARGAMS. AS ALLARIPU CAN BE COMPOSED IN ALL FIVE JATIS, JATISWARAM CAN BE COMPOSED IN ANY CARNATIC RAGA. SHABDAM AND VARNAMS CAN BE COMPOSED ACCORDING TO ANY KRUTIS BY GREAT POETS AND MUSICIANS. TILLANAS ARE ALSO IN VARIED RAGA PATTERNS. PADAMS CAN BE DANCED IN ANY LANGUAGE, SHLOKAMS ARE BASED MAINLY ON BHAKTI DEDICATED TO GODS AND GODDESSES AND AT THE END OF A BHARATANATYAM PERFORMANCE THERE IS MANGALAM. THE BEGINNING OG THE PROGRAMME IS ALWAYS WITH AN INVOCATION TO LORD GANESHA , THE ELEPHANT HEADED GOD AND THE DESTROYER OF ALL OBSTACLES.
MARGAM IS THE FIXED NUMBER OF ITEMS DECIDED BY THE OLD GURUS FOR A PROGRAMME OF BHARATNATYAM IS CALLED A MARGAM.
IN A MARGAM THE ITEMS ARE 1)ALLARIPU , 2)JATTISWARAM, 3)SHABDAM , 4)VARNAM , 5)PADAM , 6)TILLANA , PUSHPANJALIS, TODAYAMANGALAM AND MALLARIS TO BEGIN, A RECITAL IS RELATIVELY RECENT INNOVATION. MARGAM LITERALLY MEANS A PATH OR A ROAD. SINCE BHARATNATYAM WAS PERFORMED IN TEMPLES BY THE DEVADASIS, MARGAM TOOK THEM CLOSER TO THE ALMIGHTY. THIS WAS A WORSHIP THROUGH WHICH A NARTAKI ATTAINED THE DEVINE ECSTACY OF BODY AND SOUL. THROUGH THIS PATH THERE IS A UNION OF JEEVATAMA AND PARAMATMA.
THE DANCER AFTER LEARNING A MARGAM ATTAINS THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF NRITTA, NRITYA AND NATYA ASPECT OF BHARATANATYAM. A VERSATILE DANCER HAS KNOWLEDGE OF MANY SUCH MARGAMS. AS ALLARIPU CAN BE COMPOSED IN ALL FIVE JATIS, JATISWARAM CAN BE COMPOSED IN ANY CARNATIC RAGA. SHABDAM AND VARNAMS CAN BE COMPOSED ACCORDING TO ANY KRUTIS BY GREAT POETS AND MUSICIANS. TILLANAS ARE ALSO IN VARIED RAGA PATTERNS. PADAMS CAN BE DANCED IN ANY LANGUAGE, SHLOKAMS ARE BASED MAINLY ON BHAKTI DEDICATED TO GODS AND GODDESSES AND AT THE END OF A BHARATANATYAM PERFORMANCE THERE IS MANGALAM. THE BEGINNING OG THE PROGRAMME IS ALWAYS WITH AN INVOCATION TO LORD GANESHA , THE ELEPHANT HEADED GOD AND THE DESTROYER OF ALL OBSTACLES.
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