Dancing With The Gods by Monidipa Mukherjee & Sutapa Sengupta

This book is an ode to the mythological heritage of Bharatanatyam. The visual narrative captures the rich heritage of this temple dance and its original exponents, the Devadasis or handmaidens of the deity'. Its repertoire of movements and moods bring alive the fascinating stories of Hindu gods and goddesses and their kaleidoscopic lives. In the following pages, the authors have traced the myths and legends that are cherished in performing arts. The reader discovers the inter-connectedness of ancient mythologies around the world, sparring Greece, Rome, Mesopotamia, Egypt.