What it means to be the warrior princess of the Pandya dynasty?
The HinduHaving watched innumerable portrayals of goddess Meenakshi, both in solo Bharatanatyam margams and group productions, it was with a lot of trepidation that one sat down for yet another presentation of the warrior goddess — this time by Jyotsana Jagannathan and Brindha Manikavasagan. And so, while the presentation did narrate the familiar story of the daughter of King Malayadwaja Pandya, who ruled the Pandya kingdom, her birth from fire, her conquests in the battlefield, meeting her prospective consort Shiva and her marriage, its focus was on ‘What it means to be Meenakshi’. The violin took centre stage when they portrayed Bala Meenakshi, a soothing lullaby in Nilambari was used to focus on the mother-daughter bond, and percussion was used to denote valour. The depiction of a mother’s indulgent admiration — her doting on the lotus feet of child Meenakshi and the gentle sounds of her anklet bells — was impressive.
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‘Minakshi - The Warrior Prinicess’, a digital album, themed on Syama Sastri ’s Navaratnamalika
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