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Sidendra yogi the Kuchipudi guru

1. Siddhendra yogi

2. SIDDHENDRA YOGI

3. BIOGRAPHY OF SIDDHENDRA YOGI Siddhendra Yogi [ Adi Guru of kuchipudi ] was an exceptional scholar and an artist of the 14 th century AD. During the Bhakti Movement between 11th and the 13th century, the dance form of   Kuchipud i saw a revolution. He is the author of ‘ Bhama Kalapam ’, the jewel of kuchipudi . He gave his life and blood to this art form. He adopted the existing format of the Yakshagna folk dance dramas and gave it a new form.

4. LIFE OF SIDDHENDRA YOGI Siddappa , was born into a Chinta family in Kuchelapuram (present day Kuchipudi ). As a child, he was never interested in studies and was considered a dullard. With hope that marriage would make him active, his parents got him married to a girl from Bhagavathula family .

5. One day Siddhappa ran away from kuchelapuram and landed at varanasi . He became a diciple of a Vaishnavaite pandit , who was a master of Alankara Shastra and Abhinaya . Under his guidance he learnt the art of Abhinaya and was praised all around Varanasi for his strong grasp. After his training, Siddhappa set forth back to his native village, kuchelapuram . Longing to see his parents and wife, Siddappa tried to cross the flooding Krishna river, as his village was on the other bank.

6. Midway, he lost hope that he would make it. Surrendering himself to the almighty, and expecting that his end was near, he renounced all worldly bonds, and took the vows of an ascetic. He ceased struggling, accepting his fate of imminent death. However, he drifted to the bank and opened his eyes, only to realise that he was an ascetic and all the bonds he craved for were banished forever.

7. It is this struggle between wordly bonds and spiritual bliss he wrote Bhama Kalapam . He then ran away to Udupi , where he imbibed his Madhura Bhakti in the service of Udupi Sri Krishna , and such was influenced by the Bhakti Movement all across India. He introduced aesthetic and stylized footwork with the usage of traditional classical music.

8. Siddhenra Yogi incorporated the principles of dance of Natya Shastra , the bible of all Indian classical dance styles. He was not in favor of training women to this art form, his opinion was that women generally exaggerated the expressions and sentiments, thus lowering the spiritual tone of the dance form. So kuchipudi dominated by male dancers that period and female roles also played by men.

9. Young boys with religious and austere life only allowed to perform one generation to another. So he trained o nly Brahmin youths perform the art. Siddhenra Yogi wrote Bhama Kalapam the famous play and created a dance balled called ‘ Parijathapaharam ’. This is said to be the oldest Dance Drama. Present dance style is orginated from the dance drama tradition established by the legend Siddhendra Yogi, which is known as Bhagavata Mela Natakam .

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