Sai Nikita Katuri presents Nava Janardhana Parijatham in Hyderabad

Nartanasala hosted a solo performance of Nava Janardhana Parijatham in Hyderabad, presented by Sai Nikita Katuri under the choreography of her Guru Shri Kala Krishna. The ballet, rooted in the Prabandha tradition of Andhranatyam, depicts the shringara rasa of Lord Krishna and Satyabhama’s love story.

Hyderabad: Nartanasala on Sunday presented the solo performance of ‘Nava Janardhana Parijatham’ by Sai Nikita Katuri, a work originally revived and documented by the legendary Bharata Kala Prapoorna Late Dr. Nataraja Ramakrisha, the doyen of Andhranatyam and recreator of Perini Sivatandavam.

Sai Nikita Katuri, daughter and disciple of Sunila Gollapudi, presented the novel interpretation of Andhranatyam’s traditional Nava Janardhana Parijatham under the guidance and choreography of her Guru, Shri Kala Krishna, followed by a felicitation ceremony at Bhaskara Auditorium, Birla Planetarium on Sunday.

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Nava Janardhana Parijatham (Shringara Drishya Divya Prabandham) is a shringara rasa-predominant solo dance ballet depicting an episode of the love story between Lord Shri Krishna and his wife Satyabhama, as ancient as the Gita Govindam.

It belongs to the Prabandha tradition of Andhranatyam which used to be performed in the nine Janardana temples of East Godavari of Andhra Pradesh.