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accompanied actors arms artistic beats beautiful begins Bharata body Brahman called century CHAPTER characters circle classical cloth coloured combined composed costume court covers curtain curved dance dance-drama dancers decorated deity demon described Devadasis devotional divine dramatic dress drum episodes expression extended eyes face facial feet festival figure fingers flowers follows four gestures girls give Goddess gods grace hand head held Hindu India Jagannath Kali Kathak Kathakali Kerala king known Krishna light Lord lotus Maharis makeup male mime mood move movements musicians Natya Sastra night offering ornaments patterns performed play poet pose present Radha Raja rendered rhythm rhythmic ritual role royal sacred Sanskrit scene sentiments sequence serpent side sing Siva songs South stage steps sticks story style symbol takes Tandava temple theatrical theme traditional turned Usage village Vishnu wear women worship