ITEMS OF A MARGAM - PADAM

5. PADAM: WITH PADAM INTENSE ABHINAYA STARTS. IT CAN BE CLASSIFIED INTO PDAMS, KIRTANAMS AND JAVALI. WHEN SRINGARA RASA IS PREDOMINANT, IT IS CALLED A PADAM. SOME OF THE POPULAR PADAMS ARE OF LOVE SONGS OF RADHA AND KRISHNA. WHEN BHAKTI IS PREDOMINANT IT IS CALLED KIRTANAMS. IN PADAMS, ACCORDING TO THE MEANING, HASTA MUDRAS ARE PERFORMED IWTH APPROPRIATE RASAS. JAVALI IS A LOVE SONG RAW TO THE EYES. IT IS SUNG IN THE NAYAKA, NAYIKA AND SAKHI BHAVA. MOST OF THE JAVALIS ARE IN TELEGU, AND BHAVA PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE. LYRICS IN JAVALI ARE RAPID AND FULL OF LILTING RYTHM. IN OLDEN TIMES PADAMS WERE DANCED IN TAMIL, TELEGU AND KANNADA. IN PADAMS, NAYIKA IS PRESENTED AS VIRAHOTKANTHITA, KHANDITA, ABHISARIKA ETC. IN THE OLDEN TIMES THE DANCER USED TO SING AND ENACT THE PADAMS TOGETHER.